African Moths Gambia


     

Negeta luminosa (Walker, 1858)

Luminous Cloud.

SYNONYMS
Acontia luminosa, Micra lacteola, Thalpochares parectata, Cilix tenax,


SPECIES IN GENUS :- 21
albigrisea, albiplagiata, approximans, argentula, cyrtogramma, franeyae, incisurata, lacteata, luminosa, mesoleuca, molybdota, nivea, ochreoplaga, orichalceaarcuata, phaeopepla, purpurascens, ruficeps, secretaria, semialba, stalactitis, ulula,

 

DISTRIBUTION
Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Central African Republic, DRCongo, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritania, Mozambique, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Combretum molle, Eucalyptus torelliana, Gossypium, Terminalia ivorensis,

Negeta luminosa
Upperside (GM)
 
Upperside (GM)
 
Upperside (GM)
Negeta luminosa   Negeta luminosa   Negeta luminosa
 
 
Upperside (SL)
 
Upperside (ZA)
 
Underside (SL)
Negeta luminosa   Negeta luminosa   Negeta luminosa
 
Photo: T. Baron
 
Live (GM)
 
Live (ZA)
 
Distribution Map
Negeta luminosa   Negeta luminosa   Map
 
Photo: A. Roberts