African Moths Gambia


     

Polymona rufifemur Walker, 1855

Red Tailed Gipsy.

SYNONYMS
Psilura scurrilis, Morasa lorimeri, Polymona ellisoni, Acionophlebia misrachii, Oreinobia scurrilis,

 

SPECIES IN GENUS :- 7
finitorum, gondona, hemipyra, inaffinis, philbyi, rubescens, rufifemur,

 

DISTRIBUTION
Botswana, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Schinus molle, Combretum molle, Pappea capensis, Rhus pyroides, Acacia, Cassiopourea malosana, Dombeya, Ozoroa mucronata, Phaseolus, Pinus radiata

Polymona rufifemur
Upperside (GM)
 
Upperside (GM)
 
Upperside (ZW)
Polymona rufifemur  

Polymona rufifemur

  Polymona rufifemur
Photo © R. Goff
  Photo © R. Goff  
Photo: R. Butler
Upperside (KE)
 
Upperside (TZ)
 

Underside (GM)

Polymona rufifemur   Polymona rufifemur   Polymona rufifemur
Photo © University Museum Oslo. © W & J De Prins
 
Photo © University Museum Oslo. © W & J De Prins
 
Photo © R. Goff
Larva (BW)
  Pupa (BW)   Live (GM)
Polymona rufifemur
 
Polymona rufifemur
 
Polymona rufifemur
Photo © C. Sydes
 
Photo © C. Sydes
 
Photo © R. Goff
Live (GM)
 
Live (ZA)
 
Distribution Map
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Photo © H. Roland