African Moths Gambia


     

Xanthisthisa niveifrons (Prout, 1922)

White Headed Thorn.

SYNONYMS
Eurythecodes niveifrons,,



SPECIES IN GENUS :- 12
brunnea, copta, extrema, fulva, holmi, lemairei, nigrocumulata, niveifrons, tarsispina, tergorinota, terna, tumida,

 

DISTRIBUTION
Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Cupressus, Pinus,

 

Xanthisthisa niveifrons
Upperside (ZW)
 
Upperside (ZW)
 
Upperside (ZW)
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Upperside (ZW)
 
Live (ZW)
 
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