African Moths Gambia


     

Brithys crini (Fabricuis, 1775)

Lilly Leaf Borer.

SYNONYMS
Bombyx crini, Brithys pancratii, Noctua dominica,

 

SPECIES IN GENUS :- 1
cirini,


DISTRIBUTION
Algeria, Cameroon, Comoros, Congo, DRCongo, Equatorial Guinea, Gambia, Kenya, La Reunion, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Tunisia, Uganda, Zimbabwe,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Amaryllis belladona, Boophone disticha, Crinum, Crytanthus breviflorus, Gladiolus antholyzoides, Eucharis moorei, Orthinogalum sordidum, Zephranthes carinata,

Brithys crini
Upperside (SL)
 
Upperside (GM)
 
Upperside (GM)
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Upperside (ZW)
 
Upperside (GM)
 
Underside (SL)
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Photo: R. Butler
 
 
Larva (ZA)
 
Larva (SL)
 
Pupa (SL)
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Photo: J.Young
 
 
Live (GM)
 
Live (DRC)
 
Distribution Map
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Photo: N. Voaden