African Moths Gambia


     

Obolcola petronaria (Guenée, 1858)

Stony Looper.

SYNONYMS
Stegania petronaria, Obolcola inconclusaria, Acidalia megaspilata,

SPECIES IN GENUS :- 12
aliena, decisa, deocellata, flavescens, hastata, insecura, lindneri, luteographa, pallida, petronaria, pulverea, retorta,

 

DISTRIBUTION
Kenya, South Africa, Tanzania, Zimbabwe,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Cassine aethiopica, Cassine peragua, Maytenus undata,

Obolcola petronaria
Upperside (ZA)
 
Upperside (ZA)
 
Upperside (ZA)
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Underside (ZA)
 
Live (ZA)
 
Live (ZA)
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Live (ZA)
 
 
Distribution Map
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