African Moths Gambia


     

Agrotis segetum (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1755)

Common Cutworm, Turnip Moth.

SYNONYMS
Noctua segetum, aversa, bilineata, catenatus, certificata, connexa, conspurcata, correcta, dimidia, fervida, fuscosa, glaucina, ingrata, lassa, marginalis, marginata, mediocuneata, monilea, nigricornis, nigricornuta, obliviosa, pallida, paradoxa, pectinata, praecox, repulsa, segetis, semiconfluens, seminigra, sicania, sicula, sordida, substrata, undulata,

SPECIES IN GENUS :- 65
alluaudi, caffra, denticulosa, hemileuca, ipsilon, oliveata, segetum, semiomelas, spinifera, trux,


DISTRIBUTION
Algeria, Burundi, DRCongo, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritania, Morocco, Namibia, Niger, South Africa, Sudan, Tunisia, Uganda, Zimbabwe,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Polyphagous,

Agrotis segetum

Upperside

 

Upperside

 
Upperside (ZW)
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Photo: Manchester Museum
 

Photo: Manchester Museum

 
Photo: R. butler
Live (DRC)
 
Live (ZA)
 
Distribution Map
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Photo: N. Voaden
 
Photo: J. Heyns