African Moths Gambia


     

Agrotis spinifera (Hübner, 1808)

 

SYNONYMS
Agrotis aristifera, Agrotis exigua, Agrotis biconica, Agrotis ferina, Agrotis hodnae, Agrotis spiculifera,

 

SPECIES IN GENUS :- 65
alluaudi, caffra, denticulosa, hemileuca, ipsilon, oliveata, segetum, semiomelas, spinifera, trux,


DISTRIBUTION
Algeria, Burundi, DRCongo, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Gambia, Kenya, Libya, Madagascar, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tunisia, Zimbabwe,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Grasses,

Agrotis spinifera

Upperside (ZA)

 

Upperside (ZW)

 
Upperside (GM)
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Photo: T. Baron
 
Photo: R. Butler
 
Upperside (GM)
 
Upperside (GM)
 
Underside (GM)
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Live (ZA)
 
Live (ZA)
 
Distribution Map
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Photo: H. Roland
 
Photo: A. Liebenberg