African Moths Gambia


Antheua simplex Walker, 1855

Burnished Frill.

SYNONYMS
Sirenopyga ephippiata, Arilus straminea, Antheua spurcata, Antheua cinerea, Antheua sericea, Antheua olivaceomicans,

 

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
Angola, Burundi,, DRCongo, Eritrea, Gabon, Gambia, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Alysicarpus, Cajanus cajan, Canavalia, Desmodium incanum, Glycine max, Mucuna pruriens, Pseudarthria, Rhynchosia,

Antheua simplex
Upperside (GM)
 
Upperside (GM)
 
Upperside (GM)
Antheua simplex   Antheua simplex   Antheua simplex
   
Upperside
 
Underside (GM)
 
Underside (GM)
Antheua simplex   Antheua simplex   Antheua simplex
Photo: Oxford Museum
 

 

Live (GM)
 
Live (GM)
 

Distribution Map

Antheua simplex
 
 
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