African Moths Gambia


     

Olene basalis (Walker, 1855)

 

SYNONYMS
Argila basalis, Olene affinis,

 

SPECIES IN GENUS :- 2
basalis, ruficosta,

 

DISTRIBUTION
Cameroon, DRCongo, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Terminalia superba, Cordia milleni, Casuarina equisetifolia, Eucalyptus camaldulensis, Eucalyptus deglupta, Tectona grandis, Pinus, Allium cepa, Allium ampeloprasum,

Olene basalis
Upperside (TZ)
 
Underside (CM)
 
Live (CM)
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Live (DRC)
 
Live (DRC)
 
Distribution Map
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Photo © N. Voaden