African Moths Gambia


     

Euproctis varians? (Walker, 1855)

Males of this species seem identical to E. varians from Asia but the females are very different. This is probably an undescribed species.

 

SYNONYMS
Artaxa varians,

 

SPECIES IN GENUS :- 161
aethiopica, bicolor, bigutta, chrysophaea, crocata, croceisticta, dewitzi, divisa, erythropoecila, fulvipennis, geminata, hargreavesi, neavei, onii, pallida, plagiata, punctifera, quadrifascia, rubicosta, rufopunctata, sanguigutta, terminalis, varians,

 

DISTRIBUTION
DRCongo, Sierra Leone,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Terminalia catappa,

Euproctis varians
Upperside (SL)
 
Upperside (SL)
 
Upperside (SL)
Euproctis varians   Euproctis varians   Euproctis varians
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Photo © R. Goff
 
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Upperside (SL)
 
Underside (SL)
 
Underside (SL)
Euproctis varians   Euproctis varians   Euproctis varians
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Photo © R. Goff
 
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Larva (SL)
  Live (DRC)   Distribution Map
Euproctis varians
 
Euproctis varians
 
Map
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Photo: N. Voaden