African Moths Gambia


     

Etiella zinckenella (Treitschke, 1832)

Zincken's Knothorn.

SYNONYMS
Phycis zinckenella, Chilo colonellus, Phycis tiella, Chilo majorellus, Mella dymnusalis, Rhamphodes heraldella, Assara albicostalis, Modiana scitivittalis, Alata anticalis, Arucha indicatalis, Etiella madagascariensis,

 

SPECIES IN GENUS :- 1
zinckenella,

 

DISTRIBUTION
Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, DRCongo, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ivory Coast, Kenya, La Reunion, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Crotalaria capensis, Abrus precatorius,

 

Etiella zinckenella
Upperside (ZW)
 
Upperside (GM)
 
Upperside (GM)
Etiella zinckenella   Etiella zinckenella   Etiella zinckenella
Photo: R. Butler
 
 
Upperside (SL)
 

Underside (GM)

 
Live (ZA)
Etiella zinckenella   Etiella zinckenella   Etiella zinckenella
 
 
Photo: A. Roberts
Live (GM)
 
Live (ZA)
 
Distribution Map
Etiella zinckenella   Etiella zinckenella   map
 
Photo: J. Heyns