Dysgonia calefaciens (Walker, 1858)
 (formerly Naxia calefaciens)
EREBINAE,   EREBIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Dysgonia calefaciens
listed as Dysgonia calefasciens
(Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson, Kuranda, Queensland)

The adult moths have dark brown forewings, each with a white transverse band across the middle, and another along the margin. The hindwings are similar but the white bands are more muted. The moths have a wingspan of about 5 cms.

Dysgonia calefaciens
listed as Parallelia calefaciens
(Photo: courtesy of Axel Hausmann, SNSB, Zoologische Staatssammlung Muenchen)

The species has been found in Asia, including

  • Malaysia,
  • Moluccas,
  • Philippines,
  • Sri Lanka,

    as well as in Australia in

  • Queensland.

    Some entomologists have placed this species in CALPINAE rather than EREBINAE, and in Ophiusa rather than Dysgonia.

    Further reading :

    Francis Walker,
    Noctuidae,
    List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum,
    Part 14 (1858), pp. 1405-1406, No. 4.

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    (written 16 June 2026)