African Moths Gambia


 

Melittia oedipus Oberthür, 1878

 

SYNONYMS
Melittia ignidiscata, Melittia oedipoides, Melittia igndiscata thoracalis,


SPECIES IN GENUS :- 28
abyssiniensis, acosmetes, ambo, aureosquamata, auriplumia, aurociliata, azrael, boulleti, chalconota, chrysobapta, congoana, ectothyris, endoxantha, fiebigi, houlberti, hyaloxantha, ignidiscata, laboissierei, laniremis, lentistriata, moni, oedipus, pryopis, rufodosra, simonyi, tibialis, usambara, viridisquama, xanthogaster,

 

DISTRIBUTION
Equatorial Guinea, Kenya, Malawi, Somalia, Tanzania,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Unknown,

 

Melittia oedipus
Upperside (KE)
 
Upperside (KE)
 
Distribution Map
Melittia oedipus   Melittia oedipus   Map
Photo: M. Kurz
 
Photo: M. Kurz
 
 
 
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