African Moths Gambia


 

Rufoclanis rosea (Druce, 1882)

 

SYNONYMS
Triptogon rosae, Rufoclanis orientalis, Rufoclanis reducta, Rufoclanis meloui,

 

SPECIES IN GENUS :- 7
erlangeri, fulgurans, haxairei, jansei, maccleeryi, numosae, rosae,

 

DISTRIBUTION
Angola, Burkina Fasso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Uganda,


LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Urena lobata,

Rufoclanis rosae
Upperside (GA)
 
Upperside (GM)
 
Upperside (GM)
Rufoclanis rosae   Rufoclanis rosae   Rufoclanis rosae
Photo: JL. Albert
 
 
Upperside (GM)
 
Upperside (SL)
 
Upperside
Rufoclanis rosae   Rufoclanis rosae   Rufoclanis rosae
 
 
Photo: SMCR - Sphingidae Museum, Czech Republic
Underside (GM)
 

Live (GM)

 

Live (NG)

Rufoclanis rosae
 
Rufoclanis rosae
 
Rufoclanis rosae
 
 
Photo: A. Ajibade
Live (GM)
 
 
Distribution Map
Rufoclanis rosae     map