African Moths Gambia


     

Platyptilia farfarellus Zeller, 1867

 

SYNONYMS
Platyptilia molopias, Platyptilia petila, Platyptilia claripicta, Platyptilia periacta,

 

SPECIES IN GENUS :- 42
aarviki, albilobata, barbarae, benetensis, bowkeri, censoria, comorensis, daemonica, farfarellus, fletcheri, fulva, gatamaiyua, gondarensis, grisea, humida, implacata, junkeri, kaijadoensis, kasulua, longalis, morophaea, mugesse, nyungwea, odiosa, pauliana, peyrierasi, picta, postbarbata, pseudofulva, rhyncholoba, romieux, rubriacuta, rwandae, sabius, sciophaea, sochivkoi, sogai, stanleyi, swynnertoni, thiosoma, vinsoni, violacea,

 

DISTRIBUTION
Burundi, DRCongo, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Nigeria, Seychelles, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Senecio vernalis, Senecio viscosus, Teucrium tomentosum,

Platyptilia farfarellus
Upperside (TZ)
 
Upperside (TZ)
 
Upperside (TZ)
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