African Moths Gambia


 

Earias insulana (Boisduval, 1833)

Insular Bollworm.

SYNONYMS
Tortrix insulana, Tortrix neriana, Earias anthophilana, Earias chloron, Earias dorsivitta, Earias frondosana, Earias gossypii, Earias siliquana, Earias simillima, Earias smaragdinana, Earias tristrigosa, Earias xanthophila,


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

 

DISTRIBUTION
Algeria, Burundi, Chad, Comoros, DRCongo, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Kenya, La Reunion, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Gossypium herbaceum, Ceratonia siliqua, Hibiscus, Abelmoschus esculentus, Abutilon hirtum, Althaea, Azanza garckeana, Grewia trichocarpa, Corchorus, Melhania ferruginea, Sida, Sterculia, Urena lobata, Waltherea indica, Triumfetta, Zea mays,

 

Earias insulana
Upperside (GM)
 
Upperside (GM)
 
Upperside (GM)
Earias insulana   Earias insulana   Earias insulana
 
 
Underside (GM)
 
Live (TG)
 
Live (GM)
Earias insulana   Earias insulana   Earias insulana

 
Photo: J. Bowen
 
Live (UG)
 

Live (ZA)

  Distribution Map
Earias insulana
 
Earias insulana
 
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Photo: M. Stanton
 
Photo: J. Heyns