African Moths Gambia


     

Mylantria xanthospila (Plötz, 1880)

 

SYNONYMS
Aroa xanthospila, Chaerotriche orestes, Ngymia orestes,

 

SPECIES IN GENUS :- 1
xanthospila,

 

DISTRIBUTION
Burundi, Cameroon, DRCongo, Equatorial Guinea, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Grasses, Aspilia latifolia, Pinus patula, Psychotria,

 

Mylantria xanthospila
Upperside (RW)
 
Upperside (NG)
 
Upperside (TZ)
Mylantria xanthospila   Mylantria xanthospila  
Photo © Charaxes
 
Photo © Oxford University Museum © R. Goff
 
Photo © University Museum Oslo. © W & J De Prins
Upperside (KE)
 
Live (DRC)
 
Live (UG)
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Photo © P. Buckham-Bonnet
 
Photo © N. Voaden
 
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