African Moths Gambia


     

Ghesquierellana hirtusalis (Walker, 1859)

Blotched Pearl.

SYNONYMS
Botys hirtusalis, Polygrammodes borbonica, Phostria pallas, Botyodes hirtusalis,

SPECIES IN GENUS :- 5
hirtusalis, johnstoni, phialusalis, tessellalis, thaumasia,

DISTRIBUTION
Cameroon, Comoros, DRCongo, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ivory Coast, Kenya, La Reunion, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe,

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Ficus mauritiana, Ficus sur, Ficus mucoso, Ficus vallischoudae, Ficus trichopoda, Gossypium, Ficus carica,

Ghesquierellana hirtusalis
Upperside (SL)
 
Upperside (ZW)
 
Upperside (GM)
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Underside (GM)
 
Live (GM)
 
Live (KE)
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Live (ZA)
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