African Moths Gambia


     

Chiasmia simplicilinea (Warren, 1905)

Oblique Peacock.

SYNONYMS
Acadra simplicilinea, Semiiothisa simplicilinea,


SPECIES IN GENUS :- 175
affinis, ammodes, angolaria, assimilis, brongusaria, butaria, clavifrons, confuscata, contaminata, conturbata, costicommata, crassata, curvilineata, deceptrix, feraliata, fulvimargo, fulvisparsa, furcata, geminilinea, grimmia, grisescens, gyliura, inaequilinea, inconspicua, inquinata, interrupta, johnstoni, kilimanjarensis, majestica, multistrigata, natalensis, normata, nubilata, obliquilineata, parallacta, plutocrypsis, procidata, puerilis, rectilinea, rectistriaria, rhabdophora, semialbida, simplicilinea, streniata, subcurvaria, subvaria, sudanata, suriens, tecnium, trinotata, trizonaria, turbulentata, umbrata, umbratilis, unifilata, warreni,

 

DISTRIBUTION
Comoros, DRCongo, Ethiopia, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe,

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Acacia mearnsi,

Chiasmia simplicilinea
Upperside (ZW)
 
Upperside (ZW)
 
Upperside (TZ)
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