African Moths Gambia


     

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,

 

Earias biplaga
Upperside (SL)
 
Upperside (ZW)
 
Upperside (SL)
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Photo: R. Butler
 
Upperside (SL)
 
Upperside (ZA)
 
Underside (GM)
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Photo: T. Baron
 
Underside (ZA)
 
Larva (ZA)
 
Live (DRC)
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Photo: T. Baron
 
Photo: H. Roland
 
Photo: N. Voaden
Live (ZA)
 
Live (GM)
 
Distribution Map
Earias biplaga   Earias biplaga   map
Photo: A. Liebenberg