African Moths Gambia


     

Chiromachla insulare (Boisduval, 1833)

 

SYNONYMS
Leptosoma insulare, Leptosoma concors, Nyctemera rasana, Deilemera howa, Deilemera madagascarica, Deilemera pauli, Nyctemera insulare,

 

SPECIES IN GENUS :- 10
chalcosidia, gracilis, insulare, leuconoe, pallescens, perspicua, restrictum, seychellensis, torbeni, transitella,

 

DISTRIBUTION
Comoros, La Reunion, Madagascar, Mauritius, Tanzania.

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Hibiscus, Faujasia flexuosa, Crassocephalum rubens, Senecio acetosaefolius,

 

Chiromachla insulare

Upperside

 
Upperside (RE)
 
Underside (RE)
Chiromachla insulare   Chiromachla insulare   Chiromachla insulare
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Larva (RE)
 
Live (RE)
 
Live (RE)
Chiromachla insulare   Chiromachla insulare   Chiromachla insulare
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Photo © A. Guyonnet
 
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