African Moths Gambia


     

Pandesma robusta (Walker, 1858)

Robust Tabby.

 

SYNONYMS
Thria robusta, Pandesma distincta, Cerbia fugitiva, Pericyma grandis, Pandesma opposita, Pandesma sennaarensis, Pandesma similata, Pericyma terrigena,


SPECIES IN GENUS :- 6
anysa, decaryi, muricolor, quenavadi, robusta, tempica,

 

DISTRIBUTION
Algeria, Botswana, Djibouti, Egypt, Ethiopia, Gambia, Kenya, Lesotho, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Namibia, Niger, Senegal, South Africa, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, Zimbabwe,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Vachellia (Acacia) tortilis, Populus euphratica, Albizia lebbeck, Calligonum comosum, Senegalia (Acacia) modesta Oryza sativa,

 

Pandesma robusta
Upperside (GM)
 
Upperside (ZW)
 
Upperside (GM)
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Underside (GM)
 
Live (GM)
 
Distribution Map
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