African Moths Gambia


     

Diaphone eumela, (Stoll, 1781)

Cherry Spot.

SYNONYMS
Phalaena eumela, Diaphone barnsi, Bombyx elegans, Phalaena sylviana, Ovios sylvina,

 

SPECIES IN GENUS :- 9
angolensis, delamarei, eumela, evidens, lampra, libertina, mossambicensis, niveiplaga, rungsi,


DISTRIBUTION
Cameroon, DRCongo, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Senegal, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Ornithogalum eckloni, Ornithogalum physfoides, Scilla lanceaefolia, Albuca schonlandi, Allium cepa, Amomum, Crinum, Dipcadi viride, Hippeastrum, Musa paradisiaca, Musa sapientum, ornithogalum sordidu, Ornithogalum tenuifolium, Ornithoglossum

Diaphone eumela
Upperside (ZA)
 
Upperside
 
Upperside (ZA)
Diaphone eumela   Diaphone eumela   Diaphone eumela
Photo: A. Legrain
 
Photo: Manchester Museum
 
Photo: Oxford Museum
Upperside
 
Upperside
 
Underside
Diaphone eumela   Diaphone eumela   Diaphone eumela
Photo: Oxford Museum
 
Photo: Oxford Museum
 
Photo: Oxford Museum
Underside
 
Live (ZA)
 
Live (ZA)
Diaphone eumela   Diaphone eumela   Diaphone eumela
Photo: Oxford Museum
 
Photo: A. Liebenberg
 
Photo: L. Smith
Live (ZA)
 
 
Distribution Map
Diaphone eumela     Map
Photo: H. Roland