African Moths Gambia


     

Rhodophthitus simplex Warren, 1897

Rosy Pink.

SYNONYMS
Rhodophthitus rhodonaria, Rhodophthitus roseus,



SPECIES IN GENUS :- 17
anamesa, arichanaria, atacta, barlowi, betsileanus, castus, commaculata, formosus, myriostictus, procellosa, pseudabraxas, roseovittata, rudicornis, simplex, thapsinus, tricoloraria, unca,

 

DISTRIBUTION
Angola, DRCongo, Malawi, Mozambique, Sudan, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Potato (sweet?)

 

Rhodophthitus simplex
Upperside (ZM)
 
Upperside (ZM
 
Live (DRC)
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Rhodophthitus simplex
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