African Moths Gambia


     

Philotherma rosa (Druce, 1887)

Rose Eggar.

 

SYNONYMS
Trabala rosa, Philotherma montibia, Philotherma ochracescens, Philotherma squamata, Philotherma flavescens, Philotherma natalica,


SPECIES IN GENUS :- 25
apithana, brunnea, clara, fusca, fuscescens, goliath, grisea, heringi, jacchus, kittenbergeri, leucocyma, media, melambela, obscura, rectilinea, rennei, rosa, rufescens, simplex, sordida, spargata, tandoensis, thoracica, unicolor, vulpecula,

 

DISTRIBUTION
Botswana, Cameroon, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Eriosema, Sclerocarya, Sonchus, Trema bracteolata, Persea americana,

 

Philotherma rosa
Upperside (ZW)
 

Live ssp montibia (CM)

 

Live (ZA)

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Distribution Map
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