African Moths Gambia


     

Ustjuzhania lineata (Walker, 1855)

Veined Ermine.

SYNONYMS
Aloa simplex, Saenura alba, Spilarctia puella, Spilosoma albida, Spilosoma lineata,

 

SPECIES IN GENUS :- 3
albida, chionea, lineata,

 

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

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Hippeastrum, Aster, Cosmos, Zinnia, Tagetes minuta, Tagetes erecta, Gloriosa superba, Morus, Boerhavia, Passiflora edulis, Passiflora quadrangularis,

Ustjuzhania lineata
Upperside (KE)
 
Upperside (SO)
 
Upperside (TZ)
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Upperside (TZ)
 
Live (ZA)
 
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