African Moths Gambia


 

Theretra jugurtha (Boisduval, 1875)

Green Striped Hawkmoth.

SYNONYMS
Chaerocampa jugurtha, Theretra obliterata,


SPECIES IN GENUS :- 14
ankae, cajus, capensis, dominikae, jugurtha, maranguensis, monteironis, mothironi, orpheus, perkeo, rezaci, tessmanni, ugandae, viridis,

 

DISTRIBUTION
Burkina Fasso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, DRCongo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Ampelopsis, Vitis,

Theretra jugurtha
Upperside (GM)
 
Upperside (GM)
 
Upperside
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Photo: Oxford Museum
Upperside (GM)
 
Upperside
 
Upperside
Theretra jugurtha   Theretra jugurtha   Theretra jugurtha
 
Photo: SMCR - Sphingidae Museum, Czech Republic
 
Photo: SMCR - Sphingidae Museum, Czech Republic
Underside (GM)
 
Live (GM)
 
Live (GM)
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Live (GM)
 
 
Distribution Map
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