African Moths Gambia


     

Campimoptilum kuntzei (Dewitz, 1881)

Lunar Prince.

SYNONYMS
Lasioptila selene, Lasioptila ansorgei, Campimoptilum ochraceum,


SPECIES IN GENUS :- 9
arabica, boulardi, hollandi, kuntzei, oriens, pareensis, simukondai, smithii, sparsum,

 

DISTRIBUTION
Angola, Botswana, DRCongo, Eritrea, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Acacia sieberiana, Brachystegia venosa, brachystegia spiciformis, Deinbollia, isoberlinia magnistoulata, Millettia, Julbernardia paniculata, berlinia globiflora,

Campimoptilum kuntzei
Upperside
 
Upperside
 
Upperside
Campimoptilum kuntzei   Campimoptilum kuntzei   Campimoptilum kuntzei
Photo: Oxford museum
 

Photo: Oxford museum

 
Photo: Oxford museum
Upperside (ZM)
 
Upperside (ZM)
 
Larva
Campimoptilum kuntzei   Campimoptilum kuntzei   Campimoptilum kuntzei
Photo: C. Mateke
 
Photo: C. Mateke
 
Photo: Kirby Wolfe
Live
 
Live (ZA)
 
Live (ZM)
Campimoptilum kuntzei   Campimoptilum kuntzei   Campimoptilum kuntzei
Photo Kirby Wolfe
 
Photo: D. Van der Walt
 
Photo: C. Mateke
Live (TZ)
 
Live (DRC)
 
Distribution map
Campimoptilum kuntzei   Campimoptilum kuntzei   Map
Photo: L. de Beer
 
Photo: N. Voaden