Hyblaea puera (Cramer, 1777)

Teak Leaf Roller.

SYNONYMS
Noctua puera, Heliothis apricans, Hyblaea insulana, Hyblaea limacodella, Aenigma mirificum, Noctua saga, Noctua unxia,

SPECIES IN GENUS :- 11
apricans, euryzona, fontainei, madagascariensis, maldivesa, mauricea, occidentalium, paulianii, puera, tenuis, xanthia,

DISTRIBUTION
Botswana, British Indian Ocean Territory, Burkina Fasso, Cameroon, DRCongo, Gabon, Gambia, Ivory Coast, Kenya, La Reunion, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Seychelles, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe,

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Avicennia marina, Spathodea campanulata, Panicum maximum, Eugenia, Rhizophora mucronata, Tectona grandis, Vitex, Schefflera, Tabebuia, Lantana camara, Ricinus communis, Cassia fistula, Gossypium, Markhamia platycaly,