Gondysia similis

Gondysia similis, the gordonia darkwing is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Achille Guenée in 1852.[1] It is found in the US from North Carolina to Mississippi and Florida. The food plant occurs in Alabama and Mississippi and the moth could be expected from these areas as well.

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Gondysia similis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Gondysia
Species:	G. similis
Binomial name
Gondysia similis (Guenée, 1852)
Synonyms
Dysgonia apicalis (Guenée, 1852) Dysgonia concolor (Grote, 1893) Dysgonia similis (Guenée, 1852) Neadysgonia similis Sullivan, 2010

The wingspan is about 37 mm. There are three or more generations in North Carolina with adults on wing from April to September.

The larvae feed on Gordonia lasianthus.

References

1. Poole, R. W. (1989). Lepidopterorum Catalogus (New Series) Fascicle 118, Noctuidae. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-916846-45-9.

• Wagner, David L.; Schweitzer, Dale F.; Sullivan, J. Bolling & Reardon, Richard C. (2011). Owlet Caterpillars of Eastern North America. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0691150420.

External links

• "930957.00 – 8725 – Gondysia similis – (Guenée, 1852)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved December 14, 2019.
• "Neadysgonia similis". South Carolina Moths. Retrieved December 14, 2019.
• Sullivan, J. Bolling (2010). "A new genus and species for Dysgonia (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Erebinae) from Southeastern United States". ZooKeys. 39: 85–97. doi:10.3897/zookeys.39.434.