African Moths Gambia


     

Bracharoa mixta (Snellen, 1872)

Mixed Vapourer.

SYNONYMS
Orgyia mixta, Orgyia vetusta,

 

SPECIES IN GENUS :- 7
charax, dregei, impunctata, mixta, quadripunctata, reducta, tricolor,

 

DISTRIBUTION
Angola, Cameroon, DRCongo, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Geranium, Pyrus malus, Alchornea, Casuarina, Citrus, Fragaria vesca, Mimosa, Zea mays,Vachellia (Acacia) xanthophloea, Pinus radiata, Schinus molle, Ulmus pumila, Cupressus pygmaea,

Bracharoa mixta
Upperside (GM)
 

Upperside (ZW)

 

Upperside (GM)

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Upperside (TZ)
 
Underside (GM)
 
Larva (GM)
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Cocoon (GM)
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Map
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