African Moths Gambia


     

Parapoynx fluctuosalis, (Zeller, 1852)

Fluctuating China Mark.

SYNONYMS
Nymphula fluctuosalis, Hydrocampa circealis, Oligostigma chrysippusalis, Parapoynx cryzalis, Oligostigma curta, Obligostigma obitalis, Parapoynx linealis, Parapoynx rugosalis, Parapoynx oryzalis,


SPECIES IN GENUS :- 12
affinialis, bipunctalis, crisonalis, diminutalis, fluctuosalis, ingridae, luteivittalis, minoralis, ophiaula, plumbefusalis, stagnalis, zambiensis,

 

DISTRIBUTION
Botswana, Burkina Fasso, Comoros, DRCongo, Ethiopia, Gambia, Guinea, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Senegal, Sierra leone, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia,


 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Hydrilla verticillata, Nymphaea, Oryza sativa,

Parapoynx fluctuosalis
Upperside
 
Upperside
 
Underside
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Live
 
Live
 
Live
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Photo: H. Roland
 
Photo: N. Voaden
 
Photo: G. Finch
 
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