African Moths Gambia


Afromurzinia lutescens (Walker, 1855)

Translucent Ermine.

SYNONYMS
Spilosoma lutescens, Radiarcta lutescens, Spilosoma semihyalina,

 

SPECIES IN GENUS :- 3
fletcheri, lutescens, sublutescens,

 

DISTRIBUTION
Angola, Cameroon, DRCongo, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Mesembryanthemum, Cassia tementosa, Lantana, Solanum seaforthianum, Russelia juncea, Acacia mollisima, Entada abyssinica, Eucalyptus, Tecomaria, Bidens pilosa, Helianthus annus, Zea mays, Ipomoea,

 

Afromurzinia lutescens
Upperside (ZM)
 
Upperside (KE)
 
Upperside (ZA)
Afromurzinia lutescens   Afromurzinia lutescens   Afromurzinia lutescens
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Photo © Oxford University Museum © R. Goff
Upperside (ZW)
 
Upperside (ZW)
 
Live (ZM)
Afromurzinia lutescens   Afromurzinia lutescens   Afromurzinia lutescens
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Photo © R. Butler
 
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Live (ZM)
 
Live (ZA)
 
Distribution Map
Afromurzinia lutescens   Afromurzinia lutescens   Map
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