African Moths Gambia


     

Taeda aetitis Wallengren, 1863

Eagle Slug.

SYNONYMS
Pantoctenia albipuncta, Limacodes argentifera,

 

SPECIES IN GENUS :- 6
aetitis, aureliae, connexa, gemmans, prasina, punctistriga,

 

DISTRIBUTION
Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zimbabwe,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Diospyros, Uapaca, Cussonia spicata, Eriosema engleranum, Royena,

Taeda aetitis
Upperside
 
Upperside (ZA)
 
Upperside ssp. pallida (ZW)
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Upperside ssp. pallida (ZW)
 
Upperside (ZA)
 
Underside (ZW)
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Live (ZA)
 
Type
 
Distribution Map
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