African Moths Gambia


     

Chaliopsis junodi (Haylaerts, 1890)

Wattle Bagworm.

SYNONYMS
Eumeta junodi, Kotochalia vuilleti, Psyche joannis, Kotochalia junodis, Acanthopsyche junodi, Acanthopsyche brunnescens,

 

SPECIES IN GENUS :- 1
Junodi,

 

DISTRIBUTION
Cameroon, Central African Republic, DRCongo, Gambia, Guinea, Kenya, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Acacia dealbata, Acacia decurrens, Acacia mearnsii, Acacia negrii, Acacia nilotica, Albiza, Bauhinia, Caesalpina regia, Cassia, Casuarina equisetifolia, Cupressus lusitanica, Delonix regia, Eucalyptus, Khaya, Mangifera indica, Psidium guajava, Tamarix, Theobroma cacao,

Chaliopsis junodi
Upperside (GM)
 
Upperside (SL)
 
Upperside female (SL) this moth does not leave its cocoon
Chaliopsis junodi   Chaliopsis junodi   Chaliopsis junodi
Photo © R. Goff
 
Photo © R. Goff
 
Photo © R. Goff
Underside (GM)
 
Larva (SL)
 
Live (SL)
Chaliopsis junodi   Chaliopsis junodi   Chaliopsis junodi
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Photo © R. Goff
 
Photo © R. Goff
Live (GM)
 
Live Female (cocoon removed) (SL)
 
Live (TZ)
Chaliopsis junodi   Chaliopsis junodi  
Photo © R. Goff
 
Photo © R. Goff
 
Photo © M. Grimm
 
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