African Moths Gambia


     

Thaumetopoea apologetica Strand, 1909

 

SYNONYMS

 

SPECIES IN GENUS :- 5
apologetica,
dhofarensis, jordana, loxistigma, solitaria,

 

DISTRIBUTION
Burundi, DRCongo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zimbabwe,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Maerua,

Thaumetopoea apologetica
Upperside
 
Upperside (KE)
 
Upperside (ZA)
Thaumetopoea apologetica   Thaumtopoea apologetica   Thaumetopoea apologetica
Photo: Oxford Museum
 
Photo: Oxford Museum
 
Photo: T. Baron
Underside (ZA)
 
Live (ZA)
 
Live (DRC)
Thaumetopoea apologetica   Thaumetopoea apologetica   Thaumetopoea apologetica
Photo: T. Baron
 
Photo: H. Roland
 
Photo: N. Voaden
Live (ZA)
 
 
Distribution Map
Thaumetopoea apologetica     Map
Photo: H. Roland