African Moths Gambia


 

Pselaphelia gemmifera (Butler, 1878)

 

SYNONYMS
Copaxa gemmifera, Pselaphelia deficiens, Pselaphelia marginata, Pselaphelia dufrane, Pselaphelia mariae,


SPECIES IN GENUS :- 12
arenivaga, aurata, flavivitta, gemmifera, kitchingi, laclosi, mariatheresae, neglecta, noellae, oremansi, vandeberghei, vingerhoedti,

 

DISTRIBUTION
Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, DRCongo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Malawi, Sierra leone, Uganda, Zimbabwe,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Aframomum,

Pselaphelia gemmifera
Upperside (GA)
 
Upperside
 
Upperside
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Photo: JL. Albert
 
Photo: Oxford Museum
 
Photo: Oxford Museum
Upperside
 
Underside (GA)
 
Underside (CM)
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Photo: Oxford Museum
 
Photo: JL. Albert
 
Photo: A. Guyonnet
Live (CM)
 
 
Distribution Map
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