Earias biplaga Walker, 1866

Spiny Bollworm.

SYNONYMS
Earias citrina, Earias crocea, Earias fuscociliana, Earias maculana, Earias plaga,

SPECIES IN GENUS :- 17
ansorgei, bequetio, biplaga, cupreoviridis, divisa, gigas, glaucescens, ikondae, insulana, malagasy, nubica, ogovana, richinii, uninotata, virgula, vittela, waterstoni,

DISTRIBUTION
Burundi, Comoros, DRCongo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, La Reunion, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zimbabwe,

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Acacia xanthophloea, Acacia karoo, Abutilon, Abelmoschua esculentus, Ruizia cordata, Corchorus, Grewia trichocarpa, Gossypium, Theobroma, cacao, Sterculia tragacantha, Azanza garckeana, Melhania ferruginea, Triplochiton scleroxylon, Hibiscus, Cola,