African Moths Gambia


     

Chrysodeixis acuta (Walker, 1858)

Silver U.

SYNONYMS
Plusia acuta, Neoplusia furihatai, Shensiplusia nigribursa,

 

SPECIES IN GENUS :- 6
acuta, chalcites, dalei, eriosoma, illuminata, permissa,


DISTRIBUTION
Angola, Botswana, Burkina Fasso, Comoros, DRCongo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritania, Namibia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Polyphagous,

Chrysodeixis acuta
Upperside (GM)
 
Upperside (SL)
 
Upperside (ZW)
Chrysodeixis acuta   Chrysodeixis acuta   Chrysodeixis acuta
 
 
Photo: R. Butler
Upperside
 
Upperside (SO)
 
Underside (SL)
Chrysodeixis acuta   Chrysodeixis acuta   Chrysodeixis acuta
Photo: Oxford Museum
 
Photo: Oxford Museum
 
Live (DRC)
  Live (DRC)  

Live (ZA)

Chrysodeixis acuta
 
Chrysodeixis acuta
 
Chrysodeixis acuta
Photo: N. Voaden
 
Photo: N. Voaden
 
Photo: J. Heyns
 
Distribution Map
 
  Map