African Moths Gambia


     

Antheua spurcata Walker, 1865

 

SYNONYMS
Antheua varia,

 

SPECIES IN GENUS :- 30
amphiaraus, anomola, aurifodinae, benguelana, birbirana, bossumensis, cinerea, consanguinea, croceipuncta, delicata, elongata, encausta, eriostepta, eximia, extenuata, gaedei, haasi, insignata, liparidioides, mixta, olivaceomicans, ruficosta, rufovittata, simplex, spurcata, tricolor, trimacula, trivitta, ungulata, vittata,

 

DISTRIBUTION
DRCongo, Malawi, Sierra Leone, Togo, Uganda, Zimbabwe,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Grasses, Cyperus esculentus, Cyperus exaltatus, Cyperus papyrus, Oryza sativa,

Antheua spurcata
Upperside (ZW)
 
Live (DRC)
 
Live (TG)
Antheua spurcata   Antheua spurcata   Antheua spurcata
Photo: Oxford Museum
 
Photo: N. Voaden
 
Photo: J. Bowen
Live (ZW)
 
 
Distribution Map
Antheua spurcata     Map
Photo: B. Wursten