African Moths Gambia


     

Argina astrea, (Drury, 1773)

Crotalaria pod borer.

SYNONYMS
Phalaena astrea, Phalaena cribraria, Argina guttata, Argina pantheraria

 

SPECIES IN GENUS :- 3
amanda, astrea, leonina.

 

DISTRIBUTION
Angola, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Somallia, South Africa, Tanzania

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS

Crotalaria, Beaumontia, Ficus petersii, Eugenia cordata, Ochna serrulata, Mimusops obovata.

Argina astrea
Live
 
Upperside
 
Distribution Map
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Photo: R. Brookes