African Moths Gambia


     

Xanthodes albago (Fabricius, 1794)

Cream Drab

 

SYNONYMS
Noctua albago, Xanthodes imparata, Phalaena noctua malvae,Xanthodes impellens, Xanthodes inefficiens, Xanthodes stramen,


SPECIES IN GENUS :- 1
albago,

 

DISTRIBUTION
Algeria, DRCongo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, La Reunion, Madagascar, Mauritania, Morocco, Namibia, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Western Sahara, Zimbabwe,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Lavatera olbia, Malva moschata, Pavonia burchellii, Abutilon mauritianum, Gossypium, Hibiscus, Wissadula amplissima,

Xanthodes albago
Upperside (GM)
 
Upperside (SO)
 
Upperside (ZW)
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Photo: Oxford Museum
 
Photo: R. Butler
Upperside (GM)
 
Underside (GM)
 
Live (ZA)
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Photo: A. Liebenberg
Live (ZA)
 
Live (NA)
 
Distribution Map
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Photo: A. Liebenberg
 
Photo: H. Roland