African Moths Gambia


     

Gonometa postica Walker, 1855

Dark Chopper.

SYNONYMS
Pachypasa effusa, Gonometa marginata, Gonometa statii,


SPECIES IN GENUS :- 15
attenuata, badia, bicolor, christyi, griseocincta, imperialis, negrottoi, nysa, podocarpi, postica, regia, robusta, rufobrunnea, sjostedti, titan,

 

DISTRIBUTION
Botswana, Central African Republic, Kenya, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zimbabwe,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Vachellia (Acacia) karroo, Brachystegia globifera, Brachystegia randii, Vachellia (Acacia) mearnsii, Brachystegia spiciformis, Elephantorrhiza, Julbernardia globiflora, Mimosa, Pinus radiata, Vachellia (Acacia) erioloba,

 

Gonometa postica
Upperside (ZA)
 
Upperside (ZA)
 
Upperside
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Upperside
 
Upperside (ZA)
 
Upperside (ZA)
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Underside (ZA)
 
Larva (NA)
 
Live (ZA)
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Live (ZA)
 
Type
 
Distribution Map
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