African Moths Gambia


     

Hypargyria metalliferella Ragonot, 1888

Silvered Knothorn.

SYNONYMS

 

SPECIES IN GENUS :- 2
impecuniosa, metalliferella,

 

DISTRIBUTION
 Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Namibia, Sierra Leone, South Africa,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Olea europaea, Catha edulis, Celastrus paniculata, Siphonodon, ,

Hypargyria metalliferella
Upperside (GM)
  
Upperside (GM)
  
Upperside (GM)
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Upperside (GM)
  
Upperside (SL)
  
Underside male (GM)
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Underside female (GM)
  
Live (ZA)
  
Distribution Map
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Photo: A. Liebenberg
  
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