African Moths Gambia


     

Paralacydes arborifera (Butler, 1875)

Branched Ermine.

 

SYNONYMS
Lacydes arborifera, Eutaenia scapulosa, Caligula wallengreni, Conchylia smithii, Lacydes gracilis, Amsacta impia, Maenas arborifera,

 

SPECIES IN GENUS :- 10
arborifera, bivittata, bomfordi, decemmaculata, destrictus, fiorii, jeskei, minorata, ramosa, vocula.

 

DISTRIBUTION
Angola, Botswana, DRCongo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Ledebouria ovatifolia

Paralacydes arborifera
Upperside (ZM)
 
Upperside (SO)
 
Upperside (SO)
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Upperside (KE)
 
Upperside (ZW)
 
Upperside (TZ)
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Live (ZA)
 
Live (BW)
 
Live (MZ)
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Live (ZM)
 
 
Distribution Map
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