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Dysgonia properans (Walker, 1858)

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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.
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Volume:14
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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 Eastern Cape Staude H. S., Picker M. & Griffiths Ch. 2023. Southern African moths & their caterpillars. page 344
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 North-West Staude H. S., Picker M. & Griffiths Ch. 2023. Southern African moths & their caterpillars. page 344
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