African Moths Gambia


     

Amata cerbera (Linnaeus, 1764)

Heady Maiden.

SYNONYMS
Sphinx cerbera, Syntomis cerbera, Syntomis fantasia, Syntomis cerberana, Amata curtiplaga, Amata francisca, Syntomis kilimandjaronis,

 

SPECIES IN GENUS :- 91
alicia, cerbera, chariessa, croceizona,
endocrocis, francisa, goodii, hannigtoni, jacksoni, kuhlweini, marina, miozona, phaeobasis, rubritincta, simplex, tomasina,

 

DISTRIBUTION
Angola, DRCongo, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Coffea, Rumex, Corylus, Plantago, Rubus,

Amata cerbera
Upperside
 
Upperside
 
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Amata cerbera
Photo © Oxford University Museum © R. Goff
 
Photo © Oxford University Museum © R. Goff
 
Photo © H. Roland
 
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