African Moths Gambia


     

Phalera atrata (Grünberg, 1907)

 

SYNONYMS
Anticyra atrata, Dinara acholi, Zana nigristriga,

 

SPECIES IN GENUS :- 8
angolana, atrata, imitata, latipennis, lignitea, lydenbergi, postraurantia, princei,

 

DISTRIBUTION
Angola, Cameroon, DRCongo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Mozambique, Namibia, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Grasses,

 

Phalera atrata
Upperside (SL)
 
Underside (SL)
 
Larva (SL)
Phalera atrata   Phalera atrata   Phalera atrata
 
 
Larva (SL)
 
Pupa (SL)
 
Live (SL)
Phalera atrata   Phalera atrata   Phalera atrata
 
 

 

Live (SL)
 

Live (DRC)

  Distribution Map
Phalera atrata
 
Phalera atrata
 

 

 

Photo: N. Voaden