African Moths Gambia


     

Syllepte vagans (Tutt, 1890)

Leaden Pearl.

SYNONYMS
Aphytoceros vagans, Aphytoceras longipalpis, Leucinodes vagans,

 

SPECIES IN GENUS :- 63
achromalis, albopunctum, amelialis, argillosa, atrisquamalis, attenualis, aureotinctalis, bitjecola, brunneiterminalis, butlerii, christophalis, dentilinea, desmialis, disciselenalis, erebarcha, fulviceps, glebalis, guilboti, hemichionalis, holochralis, hyalescens, kenrickalis, lagoalis, lanatalis, leonalis, maculilinealis, mahafalalis, malgassanalis, melanomma, melanopalis, mesoleucalis, microstictalis, nasonalis, neurogramma, nyanzana, orbiferalis, ovialis, parvipuncta, patagialis, penthodes, posticalis, purpurascens, retractalis, rogationis, rubrifucalis, sakarahalis, sarronalis, secreta, semilugens, straminea, stumpffalis, subcyaneoalba, sulphureotincta, thomealis, torsipex, trifidalis, tumidipes, undulalis, vagans, violacealis, vohilavalis, xanthothorax, xylocraspis,


DISTRIBUTION
Botswana, DRCongo, Kenya, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe,


LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Unknown,

 

 

Syllepte vagans
Upperside (SL)
 
Underside (SL)
 
Live
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Photo © R. Goff
 
Photo © R. Goff
 
Photo © F. Marais
Live (ZA)
 
Live (NA)
 
Live (DRC)
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Photo © N. Marchand
 
Photo © H. Roland
 
Photo © N. Voaden
Live (ZA)
 
 
Distribution Map
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Photo © J. Heyns