African Moths Gambia


     

Thysanoplusia arachnoides (Distant, 1901)

 

SYNONYMS
Plusia arachnoides,

 

SPECIES IN GENUS :- 18
arachnoides, chalcedona, clarci, cupreomicans, daubei, distalagma, exquisita, flavorosea, indicator, laportei, mulunga, orichalcea, roseofasciata, rostrata, sestertia, spoliata, tetrastigma, turlini,


DISTRIBUTION
Burundi, Cameroon, DRCongo, Ethiopia, Gambia, Kenya, Madagascar, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Zimbabwe,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Syncolostemon densiflorus,

 

Thysanoplusia arachnoides
Upperside (GM)
 
Upperside (GM)
 
Upperside (SL)
Thysanoplusia arachnoides   Thysanoplusia arachnoides   Thysanoplusia arachnoides
 
 
Upperside (ZW)
 
Underside (GM)
 
Live (GM)
Thysanoplusia arachnoides   Thysanoplusia arachnoides   Thysanoplusia arachnoides
Photo: R. Butler
 
 
Live (GM)
 
 
Distribution Map
Thysanoplusia arachnoides     Map