African Moths Gambia


     

Eutricha capensis (Linnaeus, 1767)

 

SYNONYMS
Phalaena capensis, Eutricha aluco, Phalaena pithyocampa, Pachypasa capensis,


SPECIES IN GENUS :- 5
bifascia, capensis, fulvida, morosa, obscurum,

 

DISTRIBUTION
Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Acacia cyclopis, Acacia, mearnsii, Acacia saligna, Acacia karroo, Bauhinia, Celtis africana, Chrysanthemoides incana, Cupressus marcocarpa, Combretum molle, Eucalyptus macarthuri, Eucalyptus paniculata, Euclea racemosa, Mangifera indica, Pinus patula, Pinus radiata, Pinus eliottii, Pinus montezumae, Populus, Prunus armeniaca, Prunus persica, Rhus lancea, Schinus molle, Schinus terebinthifolius, Rosa banksiae, Taxodium distichum,

 

 

Eutricha capensis
Upperside (ZA)
 

Upperside (ZA)

 

Upperside

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