African Moths Gambia


     

Chiasmia umbrata group (Warren, 1897)

 

SYNONYMS
Gubaria umbrata, Semiothisa sherrata,


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
Angola, Cameroon, DRCongo, Gambia, Guinea, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Vachellia (Acacia) karroo,

Chiasmia umbrata
Upperside (GM)
 
Upperside (TZ)
 
Upperside (ZW)
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Photo © University Museum Oslo. © W & J De Prins
 
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Underside (GM)
 
Live (ZA)
 
Live (GM)
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Photo © H. Roland
 
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Live (SZ)
 
Live (ZA)
 
Distribution Map
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Photo © A. Liebenberg