African Moths Gambia


     

Pterophorus albidus, (Zeller, 1852)

 

SYNONYMS
Aciptilus albidus, Alucita endogramma, Alucita endophaea, Acptilia suffiata,

 

SPECIES IN GENUS :- 19
africanus, albidus, bacteriopa, baliolus, candidalis, ceraunia, cleronoma, dallastai, ischnodactyla, lamottei, lampra, legrandi, lindneri, massai, niveodactyla, rhyparias, spissa, uzungwe, virgo,

 

DISTRIBUTION
Botswana, Cameroon, Chad, DRCongo, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ivory Coast, Kenya, La Reunion, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zimbabwe,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Convolvulus, Pharbitis nil,

 

Pterophorus albidus
Upperside (GM)
 
Upperside (GM)
 
Upperside (GM)
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Upperside (GM)
 
Upperside (TZ)
 
Upperside (TZ)
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Photo © University Museum Oslo. © W & J De Prins
Underside (GM)
  Live (TG)   Live (TZ)
Pterophorus albidus
 
Pterophorus albidus
 
Pterophorus albidus
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Live (GM)
 
Live (TZ)
 
Distribution Map
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