African Moths Gambia


     

Aedia nigrescens (Wallengren, 1856)

 

SYNONYMS
Anophia nigrescens, Hadena teretipalpa, Acontia trista, Aedia sofala, Aedia melanophaes, Melanephia brunneoventris,

 

SPECIES IN GENUS :- 45
abrostolica, actinalis, albirena, banian, barrettae, chthonosoma, conradti, corticea, cretacea, cryptodisca, dargei, dipterygia, eburneana, eurymelas, heteropterygia, illegitima, iridocosma, konsonata, leucomelas, marmoreata, melanosoma, melanyptera, mesonephele, metaleuca, microcelis, nigrescens, oligomelas, pallididisca, pericyma, phantasma, plusioides, poliochroa, politzari, pyramidalis, sciras, scotosa, scylloides, serapis, sospita, squamosa, trachyptera, triphaenoides, virescens, xanthophaes, xerosomata,

 

DISTRIBUTION
DRCongo, Gabon, Gambia, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritania, Mozamique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania, Zimbabwe,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Ipomoea batatas, Saccharum officinarum,

 

Aedia nigrescens
Upperside (TZ)
 
Upperside (YE)
 
Upperside (GM)
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Upperside (GM)
 
Upperside (GM)
 
Underside (GM)
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Live (GM)
 
 
Distribution Map
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