African Moths Gambia


     

Micraphe lateritia Karsch, 1896.

Rosy Slug.

SYNONYMS
Paryphanta lacides, Miresa coccinea, Miresa haematoessa, Miresa intensoir,

 

SPECIES IN GENUS :- 1
lateritia,

 

DISTRIBUTION
Botswana, DRCongo. Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Zambia. Zimbabwe,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Aleurites, Bauhinia, Eugenia cumini, Ricinus communis, Syzygium cumini, Brachystegia spiciformis, Schinus molle,

Micraphe lateritia
Upperside (ZW)
 
Upperside (KE)
 
Upperside (TZ)
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