African Moths Gambia


     

Earias cupreoviridis (Walker, 1862)

Cupreous Bollworm.

 

SYNONYMS
Xanthopera cupreoviridis, Earias chromataria, Earias fulvidana, Earias fervida, Earias limbana,


SPECIES IN GENUS :- 17
ansorgei, bequetio, biplaga, cupreoviridis, divisa, gigas, glaucescens, ikondae, insulana, malagasy, nubica, ogovana, richinii, uninotata, virgula, vittela, waterstoni,

 

DISTRIBUTION
Botswana, DRCongo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Kenya, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Togo, Uganda, Zimbabwe,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Abelmoschus esculentus, Gossypium, Grewia tiliaefolia, Hibiscus, Kydia calycina, Malvastrum coromandelianum, Oryza sativa, Sida cordifolia,

 

Earias cupreoviridis
Upperside (GM)
 
Type
 
Underside
Earias cupreoviridis   Earias cupreoviridis   Earias cupreoviridis
 
Photo: Oxford Museum
 
Photo: Oxford Museum
Underside (GM)
 
Live (GM)
 
Live (ZA)
Earias cupreoviridis   Earias cupreoviridis   Earias cupreoviridis
 
 
Photo: H. Roland
Live (TG)
    Distribution Map
Earias cupreoviridis
 
 
Map
Photo: J. Bowen