African Moths Gambia


     

Epilacydes scita, (Walker, 1865)

 

SYNONYMS
Estigmene scita, Aloa scita,

 

SPECIES IN GENUS :- 5
bayoni, pseudoscita, scita, simulans, unistriga

 

DISTRIBUTION
Cameroon, DRCongo, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tanzania

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS

Grasses

Epilacydes scita
Upperside
 
Upperside
 
Upperside
Epilacydes scita   Epilacydes scita   Epilacydes scita
 
 
Photo: Oxford Museum
Underside
 
Live
 
Live
Epilacydes scita   Epilacydes scita   Epilacydes scita
 

Distribution Map
 
Photo: Z. Wijtten
m
  Map   m