African Moths Gambia


     

Achaea catella Guenée, 1852

Banded Achaea

SYNONYMS


SPECIES IN GENUS :- 85
albicilia, albifimbria, albitermia, basilewskyi, boris, canuta, catella, catocalina, catocaloides, chrysopera, dasybasis, determinata, durfa, echo, ezea, ezeoides, faber, finita, illustrata, indeterminata, indicabilis, infinita, intercisa, jamesoni, klugii, leucopasa, leinardi, mormoides, oblita, obvia, occidens, oedipodina, praestans, thermopera, trapezoides, violaceofascia, xanthodera, xantheroptera,

 

DISTRIBUTION
Angola, Botswana, Comoros, DRCongo, Egypt, Ertirea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Reunion, Senegal, Seychelles, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Terminalia catappa, Bauhinia, Ricinus communis, Eucalyptus camaldulensis, Tamarindus, Euphorbia systyla, Euphorbia crotonoides, Euphorbia hirta, Euphorbia scordifolia, Ipomoea batatas, Lonchocarpus, Malus pumila, Pericopsis elata, Pinus radiata, Afzelia africana, Acacia mearnsii, Citrus,

Achaea catella
Upperside
 
Upperside (TZ)
 
Upperside (GM)
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Upperside (ZW)
 
Upperside
 
Upperside (ZW)
Achaea catella   Achaea catella   Achaea catella
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Underside (GM)
 
Larva (ZA)
 
Live (ZA)
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Live (NA)
 
Live (GM)
 
Distribution map
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