Dysgonia torrida - Jigsaw

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Dysgonia torrida

Photo(s): Bart Wursten, Ndundu Lodge, Vumba.

Species details:

Note: This species was formerly regarded as conspecific with the European and North African Dysgonia algira but the subsaharan populations are now considered a separate and sympatric sister species.
Distribution: Widespread and common in subsahara Africa.
Larval food (by plant family):
Larval food (by plant genus):
RosaceaeRubus (Food plant)
Larval food (by plant species):
Literature:

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Caprivi: Lepidoptera - Butterflies and Moths: Dysgonia torrida .
https://www.capriviflora.com/speciesdata/insect-display.php?insect_species_id=400810, retrieved 29 March 2024

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