African Moths Gambia


     

Hypena laceratalis Walker, 1859

 

SYNONYMS
Hypena acrocompsa, Hypena hemigrammalis, Hypena senectalis,

SPECIES IN GENUS :- 99
abyssinialis, conscitalis, cowani, directa, elfriedae, evamariae, fusculalis, jussalis, kratochvili, laceratalis, laetalimaior, laetalis, leucosticta, lividalis, neoplyta, obacerralis, obsitalis, ophiusinalis, puncticosta, scotina, senialis, strigatus, striolalis, tetrastica, varialis, verticalis, viettei, zyzzybae,

 

DISTRIBUTION
Angola, Botswana, Ethiopia, Ivory Coast, Kenya, La Reunion, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Lantana camara, Citrus, Hygrophila, Desmodium, Hemipraphis,

Hypena laceratalis
Upperside (SL)
 
Upperside (SL)
 
Upperside (TZ)
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Underside (SL)
 
Larva (RE)
 
Live (SL)
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Live (SL)
 
 
Distribution Map
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