African Moths Gambia


     

Afrowatsonius marginalis (Walker, 1855)

 

SYNONYMS
Aloa marginalis, Creatonotos marginalis, Spilosoma ramivitta.

 

SPECIES IN GENUS :- 4
burgeoni, fulvomarginalis, marginalis, sudanicus,

 

DISTRIBUTION
Congo, DRCongo, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Malawi, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo.

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Newbouldia lavis,

 

Afrowatsonius marginalis
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