Dysgonia mesonephele ( Hampson, 1910c )

Mbata, Keith J. & Prins, Jurate De, 2023, Annotated checklist of moths of Zambia (Insecta: Lepidoptera), Zootaxa 5354 (1), pp. 1-503 : 340

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5354.1.1

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scientific name

Dysgonia mesonephele ( Hampson, 1910c )
status

 

Dysgonia mesonephele ( Hampson, 1910c)

COMMON NAME (S): Catocaline Moth

SYNONYM(S): None.

IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE).

DISTRIBUTION: Known only from Zambia (endemic species).

LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: Type locality is Lower Chambezi [now Chambeshi] Valley in Mpike [now Mpika] District , Altitude 3900 ft or 1188.7 m., asl, E. Rhodesia [now N. E. Zambia], in Muchinga Province .

LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): Larval foodplants include the Euphorbiaceae species, Acalypha glabrata ( African Moths 2019) .

SOURCES: De Prins & De Prins 2022; Hampson 1910c.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Erebidae

Genus

Dysgonia

Family

Name

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