African Moths Gambia


     

Loxostege venustalis (Cramer, 1872)

Orange Porphyry.

SYNONYMS
Phlyctaenodes venustalis, Botys divulsalis, Scopula jucundalis, Emmelia testula, Phalaena venustalis,

SPECIES IN GENUS :- 11
albifascialis, argyrostacta, bihensis, damergouensis, decaryalis, flavinigralis, frustalis, lacunalis, oblinalis, triselena, venustalis,

DISTRIBUTION
Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe,

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Unknown,

Loxostege venustalis
Upperside (ZW)
 
Upperside
 
Upperside (ZA)
Loxostege venustalis   Loxostege venustalis   Loxostege venustalis
Photo © R. Butler
 
Photo © Oxford University Museum Photo © R. Goff
 
Photo © Oxford University Museum Photo © R. Goff
Upperside (ZA)
 
Upperside
 
Underside (za)
Loxostege venustalis   Loxostege venustalis   Loxostege venustalis
Photo © Oxford University Museum Photo © R. Goff
 
Photo © Oxford University Museum Photo © R. Goff
 
Photo © Oxford University Museum Photo © R. Goff
Underside
 

Live (ZA)

 

Live (ZW)

Loxostege venustalis
 
Loxostege venustalis
 
Loxostege venustalis
Photo © Oxford University Museum Photo © R. Goff
 
Photo © H. Roland
 
Photo © B. Wursten
Live (ZA)
 
 
Distribution Map
Loxostege venustalis     Map
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