African Moths Gambia


 

Gonimbrasia tyrrhea (Cramer, 1775)

Zigzag Emperor.

SYNONYMS
Attacus tyrrhea, Gonimbrasia rubra, Imbrasia tyrrhea,


SPECIES IN GENUS :- 39
affinis, alcestris, anna, balachowskyi, belina, birbiri, bubo, carnegiei, cocaulti, congolensis, conradsi, cytherea, desena, dissimilis, elgoniana, ellisoni, entebeensis, fletcheri, fucata, godarti, hecate, hoehnelii, kaguruensis, mariae, mbiziana, miranda, murphyiana, occidentalis, osiris, pales, persicutus, properubida, rectilineata, ruvuensis, tyrrhea, ufipana, ukerewensis, wahlbergii, zambesina,

 

DISTRIBUTION
Congo, DRCongo, Kenya, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Uapaca kirkiana, Uapaca nitida, Acacia mearnsi, Acacia caffra, Acacia mollissima, Acacia karoo, Euclea pseudobenus, Ozoroa concolor, Crataegus, Eucalyptus viminalis, Eucalyptus globulus, Diospyros lycioides, Malosma laurina, Malus sylvestris, Pinus patula, Pinus radiata, Populus canescens, Salix babylonica, Schinus molle,

Gonimbrasia tyrrhea
Upperside
 
Upperside
 
Distribution map
Gonimbrasia tyrrhea   Gonimbrasia tyrrhea   Map
Photo: Oxford Museum
 

Photo: Oxford Museum

 
 
 
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