African Moths Gambia


     

Hypocala rostrata (Fabricius, 1794)

 

SYNONYMS
Hyblaea rostrata, Hypocala deflorata rostrata, Hypocala efflorescens, Hypocala angulipalpis,

 

SPECIES IN GENUS :- 10
bohemani, deflorata, dysdamarta, florens, gaedei, genuina, plumicornis, rostrata, subsatura, tenuis,

 

DISTRIBUTION
Botswana, DRCongo, Kenya, Lesotho, Mauritainia, Mozambique, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Diospyros abyssinica, Diospyros kaki, Diospyros melanoxylon, Royena, Pouteria, Citrus,

Hypocala rostrata
Upperside (ZW)
 
Upperside (SL)
 

Upperside

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Upperside
 
Upperside (TZ)
 
Upperside (SL)
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Underside (SL)
 
Live (ZA)
 
Live (DRC)
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Live (ZA)
 
Live (SL)
 
Distribution Map
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