African Moths Gambia


     

Pallastica meloui (Riel, 1909)

 

SYNONYMS
Taragama meloui, Pachypasa cornuta, Pachypasa sericeofasciata orientalis, Pachypasa punctulata,


SPECIES IN GENUS :- 14
hararia, kakamegata, lateritia, litiura, lucifer, meloui, mesoleuca, pallens, pyrsocoma, pyrsocorsa, redissa, rubinia, sanricia, sericeofasciata,

 

DISTRIBUTION
Burundi, Congo, DRCongo, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Kenya, Liberia, Senegal, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Pyracantha, Mangifera indica, Vachellia (Acacia),

Pallastica meloui
Upperside (GM)
 
Upperside (TZ)
 
Upperside (TZ)
Pallastica meloui   Pallastica meloui   Pallastica meloui
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Photo © University Museum Oslo. © W & J De Prins
Upperside (GM)
 
Underside (GM)
 
Underside (GM)
Pallastica meloui   Pallastica meloui   Pallastica meloui
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Photo © R. Goff
 
Photo © R. Goff
Larva (GM)
 
Cocoon (GM)
 
Live (LR)
Pallastica meloui   Pallastica meloui   Pallastica meloui
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Photo © S. Ihle
 
Photo © M. Stanton
Live (GM)
 
Live (GM)
 
Distribution Map
Pallastica meloui   Pallastica meloui   Map
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Photo © S. Ihle