African Moths Gambia


     

Thyretes negus Oberthür, 1878

Ethiopian Maiden.

SYNONYMS
Thyretes phasma, Thyretes misera, Thyretes misa,


SPECIES IN GENUS :- 9
caffra, cooremani, hippotes, montana, monteiroi, negus, signivenis, trichaetiformis, ustjuzhanini,

 

DISTRIBUTION
DRCongo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Grasses,

 

Thyretes negus
Upperside (SL)
 
Upperside (GM)
 
Upperside (GM)
Thyretes negus   Thyretes negus   Thyretes negus
Photo © R. Revell
 
Photo © R. Goff
 
Photo © R. Goff
Upperside (GM)
 
Upperside (GM)
 
Upperside (TZ)
Thyretes negus   Thyretes negus   Thyretes negus
Photo © R. Goff
 
Photo © R. Goff
 
Photo © University Museum Oslo. © W & J De Prins
Underside (GM)
  Live (GM)   Live (GM)
Thyretes negus
 
Thyretes negus
 
Thyretes negus
Photo © R. Goff   Photo © R. Goff  

Photo © R. Goff

Live (DRC)
 
Live (TG)
 
Distribution Map
Thyretes negus   Thyretes negus   Map
Photo © N. Voaden
 
Photo © J. Bowen