African Moths Gambia


 

Pseudoclanis occidentalis Rothschild & Jordan, 1903

SYNONYMS
Pseudoclanis postica occidentalis,

 

SPECIES IN GENUS :- 18
abyssinicus, aequabilis, axis, biokoensis, canui, diana, evestigata, joannoui, kakamegae, kenyae, molitor, occidentalis, postica, schaarschmidti, somaliae, staudei, tomensis, zairensis,

 

DISTRIBUTION
Burkina Fasso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, DRCongo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda,


LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Ficus natalensis, Ficus asperifolia, Ficus leprieuri, Ficus platyphylla, Ficus macrosperma, Ficus mucoso. Ficus umbellata, Loranthus, Urera camerunensis, Celtis, Sterculia tragacantha,

Pseudoclanis occidentalis
Upperside (GM)
 
Upperside (GM)
 
Upperside (GM)
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Upperside (GM)
 
Upperside (KE)
 
Upperside
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Photo: P. Buckham-Bonnet
 
Photo: SMCR - Sphingidae Museum, Czech Republic
Underside (GM)
  Live (UG)  

Live (DRC)

Pseudoclanis occidentalis
 
Pseudoclanis occidentalis
 
Pseudoclanis occidentalis
 
Photo: P. Waring
 
Photo: N. Voaden
Live (NG)
 
Live (GM)
 
Distribution Map
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Photo: A. Ajibade