African Moths Gambia


     

Xanthorhoe poseata (Geyer, 1837)

Barred Carpet.

SYNONYMS
Amoebe poseata, Melanippe colorata, Cidaria penetrata, Ypsipetes rudisaria, Cidararia umbriferata, Larentia viridicinctata, Coremia vividata,



SPECIES IN GENUS :- 64
exorista, poseata, transjugata,

 

DISTRIBUTION
DRCongo, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Zimbabwe,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Helitropium arborescens, Lactuca sativa,

Xanthorhoe poseata
Upperside (ZW)
 
Upperside
 
Upperside (ZA)
Xanthorhoe poseata   Xanthorhoe poseata  
Xanthorhoe poseata
Photo © R. Butler
 
Photo © Oxford University Museum © R. Goff
 
Photo © Oxford University Museum © R. Goff
Upperside (ZA)
 
Upperside (ZA)
 
Upperside (ZA)
Xanthorhoe poseata   Xanthorhoe poseata   Xanthorhoe poseata
Photo © Oxford University Museum © R. Goff
 
Photo © Oxford University Museum
 
Photo © Oxford University Museum
Underside (ZA)
 
Live (ZA)
 
Live (ZA)
Xanthorhoe poseata   Xanthorhoe poseata   Xanthorhoe poseata
Photo © Oxford University Museum
 
Photo © J. Heyns
 
Photo © J. Heyns
 
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