African Moths Gambia


     

Automolis meteus (Stoll, 1871)

Orange Fronted Matron.

 

SYNONYMS
Sphinx meteus, Decimia bicolora, Metarctia meteus,


 

SPECIES IN GENUS :- 7
aurantiifusa, bicolora, crassa, incensa, meteus, pallida, subulva,

 

DISTRIBUTION
Lesotho, Somalia, South Africa,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Gnidia, Acalypha, Lasiosiphon, Trema bracteolata, Trema orientalis,

Automolis meteus
Upperside (ZA)
 
Upperside (ZA)
 
Upperside
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Upperside
 
Upperside (ZA)
 
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