African Moths Gambia


     

Isturgia disputaria (Guenée, 1858)

 

SYNONYMS
Eubolia disputaria, Tephrina disputaria, Eubolia darmouini, Tephrina granitalis, Eubolia hachia, Aspilates indotata, Tephrina infrictaria, Tephrina lithina, Fidonia martiniaria, Lithina nigrescente, Macaria strenuata, Tephrina subocellata, Tephrina zebrina,

SPECIES IN GENUS :- 36
albogrisea, arenularia, arizela, arizeloides, averyi, catalaunaria, comorensis, contexta, deerraria, devecta, disputaria, dukuduku, exerraria, exospilata, exustaria, geminata, griveaudi, inaequivirgaria, kiellandi, malesignaria, megasaccus, modestaria, netta, perplexa, presbitaria, prionogyna, pulinda, pygmaeata, quadriplaga, sakalava, spissata, sublimbata, supergressa, triseriata, univirgaria, virescens,

 

DISTRIBUTION
Algeria, Cameroon, Chad, Egypt, Ethiopia, Gambia, Kenya, Lesotho, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Nigeria, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tunisia

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
vachellia (Acacia) nilotica Acacia mollissima, Vachellia (Acacia) karroo, Vachellia (Acacia) tortilis, Peltophorum,

Isturgia disputaria
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Upperside (GM)
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Underside (GM)
 
 
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