African Moths Gambia


     

Alpenus investigatorum, (Karsch, 1898)

Investigated Ermine.

SYNONYMS
Spillosoma investigatorum, Diacrisa investigatorum, Spilosoma cribraria, Spilosoma mhondana. Eminaria nigropunctata

 

SPECIES IN GENUS :- 15
affiniola, auriculatus, diversata, dollmani, geminipuncta, intacta, investigatorum, maculosus, microsticta, nigropunctata, pardalina, schraderi, thomasi, whalleyi, wichgrafi.

 

DISTRIBUTION
Angola, DRCongo, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS

Peltrophorum, tobacco, cotton, lupins, blackjack

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