African Moths Gambia


     

Pachymeta contraria (Walker, 1855)

 

SYNONYMS
Lebeda contraria, pachypasa massilia,


SPECIES IN GENUS :- 4
capreolus, contraria, immunda, semifasciata,

 

DISTRIBUTION
Cameroon, DRCongo, Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania, Uganda,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Unknown, (In captivity Quercus, Pyracantha,)

Pachymeta contraria
Upperside (KE)
 
Underside (CM)
 
Eggs (CM)
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Larvae (CM)
 
Larva (CM)
 
Cocoon (CM)
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Pupa (CM)
 
Live (CM)
 
Live (CM)
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Live (CM)
 
 
Distribution Map
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