African Moths Gambia


     

Maxera marchalii (Boisduval, 1833)

 

SYNONYMS
Ophiusa marchalii, Herminia kerima, Maxera marmorea, Maxera melanocephala, Herminia nigrifrontalis, Alamis nigrocollaris, Renodes pallidula,


SPECIES IN GENUS :- 14
atripunctata, bathyscia, brachypecten, brunneoasperus, digoniata, euryptera, inclusa, laportei, lophocera, marchalii, nigriceps, nova, subocellata, zygia,

 

DISTRIBUTION
Botswana, Burkina Faso, Comoros, DRCongo, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ivory Coast, Kenya, La Reunion, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritainia, Mauritius, Mozambique, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Unknown,

Maxera marchalii
Upperside (GM)
 
Upperside (GM)
 
Upperside (GM)
Maxera marchalii   Maxera marchalii   Maxera marchalii
Photo © R. Goff
 
Photo © R. Goff
 
Photo © R. Goff
Upperside (TZ)
 
Upperside (TZ)
 
Underside (GM)
Maxera marchalii   Maxera marchalii   Maxera marchalii
Photo © University Museum Oslo. © W & J De Prins
 
Photo © University Museum Oslo. © W & J De Prins
 
Photo © R. Goff
Live (GM)
 
 
Distribution map
Maxera marchalii     Map
Photo © R. Goff