African Moths Gambia


 

Phazaca theclata (Guenée, 1858)

Cotton Leaf Roller.

SYNONYMS
Erosia theclata, Erosia sigillata, Phazaca theclata,


SPECIES IN GENUS :- 8
angulata, angulifera, bonoraae, comoroana, dadanti, etiennei, incerta, theclata,

 

DISTRIBUTION
Comoros,
DRCongo, Gambia, Guinea, La Reunion, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Uganda, Zambia,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Adina cordifolia, Burttdavya nyasica, Morinda, Randia dumetorum, Tectona grandis, Paraserianthes falcataria, Stachytarpheta urticifolia,

Phazaca theclata
Upperside (SL)
 
Upperside (GM)
 
Upperside (ZM)
Phazaca theclata   Phazaca theclata   Phazaca theclata
 
 
Photo: C. Mateke
Upperside (GM)
 
Underside (GM)
 
Live (NG)
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Photo: A. Ajibade
Live (RE)
 
Live (GM)
 
Distribution Map
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