African Moths Gambia


     

Phyllalia patens (Boisduval, 1847)

Clay Monkey.

SYNONYMS
Bombyx patens, Dreata concolor, Phiala ochrina,


SPECIES IN GENUS :- 7
alboradiata, flavicostata, patens, thunbergii, umbripennis, valida, ziczac,

 

DISTRIBUTION
Lesotho. South Africa, Swaziland,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Grasses, Cynodon dactylon, Ehrharta calycina,

Phyllalia patens
Upperside (ZA)
 
Upperside
 
Live f. ochrina (ZA)
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Live (ZA)
 
Live (SZ)
 
Distribution Map
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