African Moths Gambia


     

Mythimna languida (Walker, 1858)

 

SYNONYMS
Hadena languida, Mythimna abbas, Mythimna zachii,

 

SPECIES IN GENUS :- 76
aenictopa, altiphila, amlaki, angustipennis, ankaratra, apparata, arcuata, atritorna, bicristata, bisetulata, brandti, brantsii, caelebs, circulus, combinata, corax, diopis, duplex, evoei, fallaciosa, flavalba, fuscilinea, germanae, graditornalis, granditornalis, griveaudi, hamata, heimi, hemicorax, homoeoptera, inframicans, infrargyrea, Interciliata, internata, l-album, laevusta, languida, larseni, longivittata, lunulata, madensis, mamohau, melianoides, metasarca, montigena, natalensis, nebulosa, nigrisparsa, octogesima, operosa, panarista, persecta, phaeopasta, poliastis, prominens, pseudotacuna, pyrausta, pyrostrota, rosescens, rubrescens, rufulosa, sarca, semicorax, sokotrensis, substituta, tacuna, tincta, toumodi, umbrigera, unipuncta, usta, ustata, viettei, vilis, vuattouxi,


DISTRIBUTION
Algeria, Botswana, Congo, Egypt, Gambia, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Libya, Madagascar, Mauritania, Mauritius, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Tunisia, Uganda, Zimbabwe,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Arundo phraguntes, Lavatera,

Mythimna languida
Upperside (ZW)
 
Upperside (GM)
 
Upperside (GM)
Mythimna languida   Mythimna languida   Mythimna languida
Photo: R. Butler
 
 
Uppereside (ZA)
 
Underside (GM)
 
Larva (SL)
Mythimna languida   Mythimna languida   Mythimna languida
Photo: Oxford Museum
 
 
Pupa (SL)
 
Live (BW)
 
Live (SL)
Mythimna languida   Mythimna languida   Mythimna languida
 
Photo: C. Sydes
 
 
Distribution Map
 
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