African Moths Gambia


 

Heraclia aemulatrix (Westwood, 1881)

 

SYNONYMS
Eusemia aemulatrix, Xanthospilopteryx aemulatrix, Xanthospilopteryx mabillei,

 

SPECIES IN GENUS :- 50
abacata, aemulatrix, africana, aisha, annulata, atrifusa, atriventralis, aurantiaca, aurea, buchholzi, butleri, catori, contigua, deficiens, durbania, elongata, fatima, flavipennis, flavisignata, geryon, gruenbergi, hornimani, houyjensis, hypercompoides, interniplaga, jacksoni, jugans, karschii, kivuensis, limbomaculata, lomata, longipennis, medeba, monslunensis, mozambica, nandi, nigridorsa, nobela, pallida, pampata, pardalina, pentella, perdix, poggei, superba, terminatis, thruppi, viettei, xanthopyga, zenkeri,

 

DISTRIBUTION
Burundi, Cameroon, Congo, DRCongo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Decaying vegetable matter,

Heraclia aemulatrix
Upperside
 
Upperside
 
Upperside
Heraclia aemulatrix   Heraclia aemulatrix   Heraclia aemulatrix
Photo: Oxford Museum
 
Photo: Oxford Museum
 
Photo: Oxford Museum
Upperside (NG)
 
Upperside
 
Upperside
Heraclia aemulatrix   Heraclia aemulatrix   Heraclia aemulatrix
Photo: Oxford Museum
 
Photo: Oxford Museum
 
Photo: Oxford Museum
Upperside (ab flava) (CM)
 
Underside (ab flava) (CM)
 
Distribution Map
Heraclia aemulatrix   Heraclia aemulatrix   Map
Photo: JL. Albert
 
Photo: JL. Albert