African Moths Gambia


     

Laelia extorta (Distant, 1897)

Extorted Tussock,

SYNONYMS
Dasychira extorta, Lymantria hera, Orgyia extorta,

 

SPECIES IN GENUS :- 89
acuta, atrifilata, batoides, bifascia, clarki, curvivirgata, extorta, figlina, fracta, fusca, gwelila, hampsoni, herbida, lignicolor, lunensis, municipalis, nigripulverea, ordinata, phenax, pluto, punctulata, rogersi, rosea, subrosea,

 

DISTRIBUTION
Burundi, Cameroon, DRCongo, Djibouti, Eritrea, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Ficus natalensis, Ficus sur, Ficus thonningii,

Laelia extorta
Upperside (ZW)
 
Upperside (ZA)
 
Upperside
Laelia extorta   Laelia extorta   Laelia extorta
Photo: R. Butler
 
Photo © Oxford University Museum © R. Goff
 
Photo © Oxford University Museum © R. Goff
Upperside (KE)
 
Larva (ZA)
 
Live (ZA)
Laelia extorta   Laelia extorta   Laelia extorta
Photo © University Museum Oslo. © W & J De Prins
 
Photo © H. Roland
 
Photo © H. Roland
Live (DRC)
 
Live (SZ)
 
Live (ZA)
Laelia extorta   Laelia extorta   Laelia extorta
Photo © N. Voaden
 
Photo © K. Braun
 
Photo © H. Roland
 
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