African Moths Gambia


     

Argyrostagma niobe (Weymer, 1896)

 

SYNONYMS
Porthetria niobe, Argyrostagma mediofasciata, Lymantria thomsoni,

 

SPECIES IN GENUS :- 1
niobe,

 

DISTRIBUTION
Cameroon, DRCongo, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Acacia mearnsi, Alchornea cordifolia, Casuarina, Erythrina abyssinica, Cytisus palmensis, Eucalyptus torelliana, Ficus sur, Julbernardia magnistipulata, Lagerstroemia indica, Newbouldia laevis, Terminalia superba, Theobroma cacao, Trema orientalis,

Argyrostagma niobe
Upperside (TZ)
 

Live (DRC)

 
Distribution map
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