African Moths Gambia


     

Achaea ezea (Cramer, 1779)

 

SYNONYMS
Phalaena ezea, Noctua hircus, Achaea leona, Achaea thomensis,

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
Cameroon, Congo, DRCongo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Citrus, Musa x paradisiaca,

 

Achaea ezea
Upperside (RW)
 
Upperside (GA)
 
Upperside
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Upperside
 
Upperside
 
Underside (GA)
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Live (ZA)
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