African Moths Gambia


 

Melittia pyropis Hampson, 1919

 

SYNONYMS


SPECIES IN GENUS :- 28
abyssiniensis, acosmetes, ambo, aureosquamata, auriplumia, aurociliata, azrael, boulleti, chalconota, chrysobapta, congoana, ectothyris, endoxantha, fiebigi, houlberti, hyaloxantha, ignidiscata, laboissierei, laniremis, lentistriata, moni, oedipus, pryopis, rufodosra, simonyi, tibialis, usambara, viridisquama, xanthogaster,

 

DISTRIBUTION
Ethiopia, Malawi, Mozambique, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Unknown,

 

Melittia pyropis
Upperside (ZA)
 
 
Distribution Map
Melittia pyropis     Map
Photo: Oxford Museum
 
 
 
 
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