African Moths Gambia


     

Euproctis aethiopica Snellen, 1872

 

SYNONYMS
Laelia aethiopica, Euproctis natalensis, Porthesia aethiopica,

 

SPECIES IN GENUS :- 161
aethiopica, bicolor, bigutta, chrysophaea, crocata, croceisticta, dewitzi, divisa, erythropoecila, fulvipennis, geminata, hargreavesi, neavei, onii, pallida, plagiata, punctifera, quadrifascia, rubicosta, rufopunctata, sanguigutta, terminalis, varians,

 

DISTRIBUTION
DRCongo, Ethiopia, Gambia, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Acacia mearnsii, Vachellia (Acacia) karroo, Clerodendron glabrum, Pinus patula, Trema orientalis, Psidium guajava, Salix babylonica, Ziziphus mucronata,

Upperside
 
Upperside (GM)
 
Upperside (ZW)
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Upperside (GM)
 
Upperside (GM)
 
Underside (GM)
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Photo © R. Goff
 
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Live (TZ)
 
Live (DRC)
 
Live (ZA)
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