African Moths Gambia


     

Antheua tricolor Walker, 1855

Tricoloured Frill.

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
Botswana, Burkina Faso, DRCongo, Ethiopia, Gambia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Grasses, Carex, Pennisetum purpureum,

Antheua tricolor
Upperside
 
Upperside
 
Upperside (GM)
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Photo: Oxford Museum
 
Photo: Oxford Museum
 
Underside (GM)
 
Live (DRC)
 
Live (ZA)
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Photo: N. Voaden
 
Photo: H. Roland
Live (ZA)
 
 
Distribution Map
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Photo: A. Liebenberg