African Moths Gambia


Eudocima materna (Linnaeus, 1767)

Dot Underwing.

 

SYNONYMS
Phalaena materna, Othreis materna, Ophideres materna, Noctua hybrida, Ophideres chalcogramma,

 


SPECIES IN GENUS :- 9
boseae, cajeta, divitiosa, euryzona, formosa, imperator, lequeuxi, materna, phalonia,

 

DISTRIBUTION
Cameroon, DRCongo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Cocculus, Lycopersicon, Malus pumila, Mangifera indica, Musa x paradisiaca, Tinospora caffra, Vitus, Dioscoreophyllum cumminsii, Rhigiocarya racemifera, Tiliacora,

 

Eudocima materna
Upperside (RW)
 
Upperside (ZW)
 
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Upperside
 
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