African Moths Gambia


     

Mitrophrys menete (Cramer, 1775)

 

SYNONYMS
Aegocera menete, Aegocera abyssinica, Aegocera boisduvali, Noctua formosa, Aegocera kibwezensis, Aegocera latreilei, Mitrophrys mesia, Aegocera obliquisigna, Aegocera rubida,

 

SPECIES IN GENUS :- 7
ansorgei, barnsi, gynandra, kenyamagaribae, latreillii, magna, menete,

 

DISTRIBUTION
Burundi, Central African Republic, DRCongo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Unknown,

Mitrophrys menete
Upperside (GM)
 
Upperside (DRC)
 
Upperside (DRC)
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Photo: Oxford Museum
 
Photo: Oxford Museum
Upperside (NG)
 
Upperside (SL)
 
Underside (GM)
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Photo: Oxford Museum
 
 
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Distribution Map
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