African Moths Gambia


     

Hydriris ornatalis (Duponchel, 1832)

Ornate Pearl.

SYNONYMS
Asopia ornatalis, Cataclysta fraterna, Stenia pulchellalis, Pyralis deciusalis, Botys invenustalis, Ercta orientalis, Nymphula saturnalis, Hydriris bifascialis,

SPECIES IN GENUS :- 1
ornatalis,

DISTRIBUTION
British Indian Ocean Territory, Cameroon, Comoros, DRCongo, Egypt, Gambia, Kenya, La Reunion, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe,

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Polyphagus, Ipomoea batatas, Acacia monticola, Convolvulus arvensis, Emex spinosa, Ipomoea calophylla, Malus pumila,

 

Hydriris ornatalis
Upperside (ZW)
 
Upperside (GM)
 
Upperside (GM)
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Upperside (GM)
 
Underside (GM)
 
Larva (SL)
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Larva (SL)
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