Dasychira gonophora (Holland, 1893)

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Permalink:	DASYGONO
Higher taxa:	Erebidae (family)/  Lymantriinae (subfamily)/  Lymantriini (tribe)/  Dasychira (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	(Holland, 1893)
Citation:	I.[lema] gonophora, sp. nov.
Original genus:	Eilema
Publication:	Holland W. J. 1893a. Descriptions of new species and genera of West African Lepidoptera.
Journal:	Psyche
Volume:	6
Issue:	201
Pagination:	470; pl. 17, fig. 1
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13265662

Dasychira prospera (1)

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Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Dasychira gonophora (Holland, 1893)	Holotype	♂	CMNH	Holotype ♂, CMNH.	Gabon	Gabon, Valley of the Ogooué River, Kangwé, leg. A. C. Good.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Dasychira gonophora (Holland, 1893)	Cameroon		Swinhoe C. 1903a. A revision of the Old World Lymantriidae in the national collection. page 470
Dasychira gonophora (Holland, 1893)	Congo, the Democratic Republic of the	North Kivu	Kiriakoff S. G. 1963a. Exploration du Parc Albert. Deuxième série. Lepidoptera Heterocera (partim). page 117
Dasychira gonophora (Holland, 1893)	Congo, the Democratic Republic of the	Orientale	Collenette C. L. 1960c. New and little-known Lymantriidae from the Belgian Congo (Lepidoptera Heterocera). page 33
Dasychira gonophora (Holland, 1893)	Gabon		Holland W. J. 1893a. Descriptions of new species and genera of West African Lepidoptera. page 470
Dasychira gonophora (Holland, 1893)	Nigeria		MacNulty B. J. 1966. Outline life histories of some West African Lepidoptera. Part I. Lymantriidae. page 75
Dasychira gonophora (Holland, 1893)	Tanzania		Hering E. M. 1926–1927. Pterothysanidae, Lymantriidae, Brahmaeidae. – In: Seitz, A. (ed.) Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde. Eine Systematische Bearbeitung der bis jetzt bekannten Gross-Schmetterlinge. Die Afrikanischen Spinner und Schwärmer. page 182 (as prospera)
Dasychira gonophora (Holland, 1893)	Uganda		Collenette C. L. 1939a. Ruwenzori Expedition 1934–5. – Heterocera: Lymantriidae. page 104

Plant note:

The larva will also eat Alchornea cordifolia (see B. J. MacNulty 1966: 75).

MacNulty B. J. 1966. Outline life histories of some West African Lepidoptera. Part I. Lymantriidae.

Scientific name	Plant	Plant Family	Country	Publication	URL
Dasychira gonophora (Holland, 1893)	Urena lobata	Malvaceae	Nigeria	MacNulty B. J. 1966. Outline life histories of some West African Lepidoptera. Part I. Lymantriidae. page 75

Scientific name	Parasitoid	Parasitoid Family	Country	Publication	URL

Dasychira prospera (1)

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination
Dasychira prospera Hering, 1926	Hering, 1926	species	Synonym	Dasychira prospera