African Moths Gambia


     

Duponchelia fovealis, Zeller, 1847

European Pepper Moth.

SYNONYMS
Hymenia griseata, Stenia canuisalis, Stenia uniflexalis, Stenia eanuisalis, Decticogaster komiensis,

 

SPECIES IN GENUS :- 2
fovealis, lanceolalis,



DISTRIBUTION
Algeria, Cameroon, Congo, DRCongo, Gambia, Kenya, La Reunion, Madagascar, Mauritania, Morroco, Mozambique, Seirra Leone, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda,


 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Frankenia pallida, Lycopersicon esculentum, Zea mays, Punica, Baikiaea robynsii, Ipomoea,

 

Duponchelia fovealis
Underside
 
Upperside
 
Upperside
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Underside
 
Larva
 
Larva
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Live
 
Live Female
 
Live Male
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Photo: D. Penney
 
 
 
 
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