African Moths Gambia


     

Salagena tessellata Distant, 1897

 

SYNONYMS


SPECIES IN GENUS :- 27
albicilia, albonotata, albovenosa, arcys, atridiscata, bennybytebieri, charlottae, cuprea, denigata, discata, eustrigata, fetlaworkae, fuscata, guichardi, inversa, irrorata, meyi, mirabilis, narses, ngazidya, nigropuncta, obsolescens, quentinlukei, reticulata, tessellata, transversa, violetta,

 

DISTRIBUTION
Kenya, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zimbabwe,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS

Pyrus communis,

Salagena tessellata
Upperside (ZW)
 
Upperside (TZ)
 
Upperside (TZ)
Salagena tessellata   Salagena tessellata   Salagena tessellata
Photo © R. Butler
 
Photo © University Museum Oslo. © W & J De Prins
 
Photo © University Museum Oslo. © W & J De Prins
Live (ZA)
 
Live (ZA)
 
Live (ZA)
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Photo © H. Roland
 
Photo © H. Roland
 
Photo © H. Roland
Live (ZA)
 
Live (ZA)
 
Distribution map
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Photo © A. Liebenberg
 
Photo © A. Liebenberg