African Moths Gambia


     

Euproctis chrysophaea (Walker, 1865)

 

SYNONYMS
Orgyia chrysophaea, Orgyia durandi, Euproctis boulifa, Artaxa charmetanti,

 

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
Algeria, Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, Morocco, Sudan, Tunisia,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Gossypium,

Euproctis chrysophaea
Upperside
 
Upperside
 
Distribution Map
Euproctis chrysophaea   Euproctis chrysophaea   Map
Photo © Oxford University Museum © R. Goff
 
Photo © Oxford University Museum © R. Goff
 
 
 
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