African Moths Gambia


     

Chrysodeixis chalcites (Esper, 1789)

Golden Twin Spot.

SYNONYMS
Phalaena noctua chalcites, Noctua bengalensis, Plusia cohaerens, Noctua quaestionis, Plusia verticillata, Plusia adjuncta, Plusia buchholzi, Plusia integra,

 

SPECIES IN GENUS :- 6
acuta, chalcites, dalei, eriosoma, illuminata, permissa,


DISTRIBUTION
Algeria, Angola, Botswana, Burkina Fasso, Cameroon, Comoros, DRCongo, Egypt, Eritrea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, La Reunion, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Polyphagous,

Chrysodeixis chalcites
Upperside (GM)
 
Upperside (GM)
 
Upperside (GM)
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Upperside
 
Upperside (GM)
 
Underside (GM)
Chrysodeixis chalcites   Chrysodeixis chalcites   Chrysodeixis chalcites
 
 
Larva (GM)
  Live (GM)  

Live (NG)

Chrysodeixis chalcites
 
Chrysodeixis chalcites
 
Chrysodeixis chalcites
 
 
Photo: A. Ajibade
Live (RE)
 
 
Distribution Map
Chrysodeixis chalcites     Map
Photo: M. Bippus