African Moths Gambia


     

Xylopteryx arcuata (Walker, 1862)

 

SYNONYMS
Larentia arcuata, Scotopteryx albimaculata, Cidaria laticinctata, Larentia sublactata,



SPECIES IN GENUS :- 28
amieti, anodina, arcuata, aucilla, bifida, clathrata, cowani, dargei, doto, elongata, emunctaria, galla, gibbosa, inquilinea, lemairei, leroyae, nacaria, nebulata, oneili, phaeochyta, prasinaria, protearia,prouti, raphaelaria, sima, splendens, triphaenata, turlini,

 

DISTRIBUTION
Kenya, South Africa, Zimbabwe,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Rhus villosa, Maerua, Maytenus,

 

Xylopteryx arcuata
Upperside
 
Upperside
 
Live (ZA)
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Photo © Oxford University Museum © R. Goff
 
Photo © Oxford University Museum © R. Goff
 
Photo © H. Roland
Live (ZA)
 
Live (ZA)
 
Distribution map
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Photo © H. Roland
 
Photo © A. Liebenberg