African Moths Gambia


Acontia natalis (Guenée, 1852)

Natal Droplet.

SYNONYMS
Acontia adulterina, Cardiosace perilis, Acontia parilis, Acontia guttistrigata, Acontia formosa, Acontia rectangularis, Cardiosace natalis, Tarache natalis,


SPECIES IN GENUS :- 173
antica, aurelia, basifera, caeruleopicta, caffraria, carnescens, discoidea, dispar, ectorrida, glaphyra, gradata, guttifera, hortensis, imitatrix, insocia, lucida, luteola, margaritata, melaphora, natalis, niphogona, nubila, nubilata, opalinoides, porphyrea, psaliphora, tinctilis, transfigurata, trychaenoides, umbrigera, wahlbergi,

 

DISTRIBUTION
Botswana, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Unknown,

 

 

Acontia natalis
Upperside
 
Upperside
 
Upperside
Acontia natalis   Acontia natalis   Acontia natalis
Photo: Manchester Museum
 
Photo: Manchester Museum
 
Photo: Manchester Museum
Upperside (ZA)
 
Upperside
 
Upperside (ZA)
Acontia natalis   Acontia natalis   Acontia natalis
Photo: Oxford Museum
 
Photo: Oxford Museum
 
Photo: Oxford Museum
Live (ZA)
 
Live (ZA)
 
Live (ZA)
Acontia natalis   Acontia natalis   Acontia natalis
Photo: A. Liebenberg
 
Photo: A. Liebenberg
 
Photo: J. Heyns
 
Distribution Map
 
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