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Dysgonia properans (Walker, 1858)

Permalink:	DYSGPROP
Higher taxa:	Erebidae (family)/ Erebinae (subfamily)/ Poaphilini (tribe)/ Dysgonia (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	(Walker, 1858)
Citation:	Ophiusa properans
Original genus:	Ophiusa
Publication:	Walker F. 1858c. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part XIV.– Noctuidae.
Journal:	—
Volume:	14
Issue:
Pagination:	1426
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39337431

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Dysgonia properans (1)

Taxonomic note:

Had been synonymized with by Ophiusa torrida Guenée, 1852 by J. D. Holloway & S. E. Miller (2003: 113); retrieved from synonymy by A. Legrain (i.l. 19.viii.2018).

Holloway J. D. & Miller S. E. 2003. The composition, generic placement and host-plant relationships of the joviana-group in the Parallelia generic complex (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae, Catocalinae).

Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Dysgonia properans (Walker, 1858)	Syntype	♀	NHMUK	Syntypes 3♀, NHMUK.	South Africa	[South Africa, Cape Province], Cape Colony, leg. A. Smith; [KwaZulu-Natal], Port Natal [Durban], leg. Gueinzius.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Dysgonia properans (Walker, 1858)	Angola		Dewitz H. 1881. Afrikanische Nachtschmetterlinge. page 89
Dysgonia properans (Walker, 1858)	Comoros	Mayotte (Maore)	Berio E. 1956d. Eteroceri raccolti dal Dr. Carlo Prola durante la spedizione alle isole dell'Africa orientale con descrizione di specie nuove (Lepidoptera). page 86 (as chiliensis)
Dysgonia properans (Walker, 1858)	Mauritius	Rodrigues	Butler A. G. 1879e. Lepidoptera. – In: An account of the petrological, botanical and zoological collections made in Kerguelen's Land and Rodriguez during the Transit of Venus Expedition carried out by Order of Her Majesty's Government in the years 1874–75. page 541
Dysgonia properans (Walker, 1858)	South Africa	North-West	page TMSA
Dysgonia properans (Walker, 1858)	South Africa	Eastern Cape	page TMSA
Dysgonia properans (Walker, 1858)	South Africa	KwaZulu-Natal	Walker F. 1858c. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part XIV.– Noctuidae. page 1426
Dysgonia properans (Walker, 1858)	South Africa	Western Cape	Walker F. 1858c. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part XIV.– Noctuidae. page 1426
Dysgonia properans (Walker, 1858)	Tanzania		Berio E. 1956d. Eteroceri raccolti dal Dr. Carlo Prola durante la spedizione alle isole dell'Africa orientale con descrizione di specie nuove (Lepidoptera). page 86 (as chiliensis)

Scientific name	Plant	Plant Family	Country	Publication	URL
Dysgonia properans (Walker, 1858)	Acalypha glabrata	Euphorbiaceae	South Africa	Platt E. E. 1921. List of foodplants of some South African lepidopterous larvae. page 68

Scientific name	Parasitoid	Parasitoid Family	Country	Publication	URL

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Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination
Dysgonia chiliensis (Guenée, 1852)	(Guenée, 1852)	species	Synonym	Ophiusa chiliensis