African Moths Gambia


     

Achyra coelatalis (Walker, 1859)

 

SYNONYMS
Dosara coelatalis, Anerastia aurantiaca, Loxostege fredi, Scopula massalis, Achyra nodiferalis,
Phlyctaenodes massalis

 

SPECIES IN GENUS :- 3
arida, coelatalis, nudalis,

 

DISTRIBUTION
Botswana, DRCongo, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, La Reunion, Madagascar, Namibia, Niger, Rwanda, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania, Togo, Zambia, Zimbabwe,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Sorghum, Orzya sativa, Pennisetum americanum, Zea mays,

Achyra coelatalis
Upperside (GM)
 
Upperside (ZW)
 
Upperside (GM)
Achyra coelatalis   Achyra coelatalis   Achyra coelatalis
Photo © R. Goff
 
Phoito © R. Butler
 
Photo © R. Goff
Upperside (GM)
 
Upperside (KE)
 
Upperside (KE)
Achyra coelatalis   Achyra coelatalis   Achyra coelatalis
Photo © R. Goff
 
Photo © University Museum Oslo. © W & J De Prins
 
Photo © University Museum Oslo. © W & J De Prins
Underside (GM)
 
Live (DRC)
 
Live (BW)
Achyra coelatalis   Achyra coelatalis   Achyra coelatalis
Photo © R. Goff
 
Photo © N. Voaden
 
Photo © C. Sydes
Live (ZA)
 
Live (GM)
 
Distribution Map
Achyra coelatalis   Achyra coelatalis   Map
Photo © J. Haynes
 
Photo © R. Goff