Dysgonia palpalis ( Walker, 1865c )

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

Dysgonia palpalis ( Walker, 1865c)

COMMON NAME (S): Catocaline Moth

SYNONYM(S): Parallelia distincta Prout, 1927 ; Dysgonia plutonia Holland, 1894 .

IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE).

DISTRIBUTION: Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Malawi, Nigeria, Sao Tome & Principe, Sierra Leone, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: Lusaka , in Lusaka Province; Mid Luangwa Valley , in Eastern Province .

LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): Larval foodplants include Loranthus sp. (Loranthaceae) .

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