African Moths Gambia


     

Anticarsia rubricans, (Boisduval, 1833)

Irrorated Tabby

SYNONYMS
Ophiusa rubricans, Noctua irrorata,


SPECIES IN GENUS :- 3
albilineata, rubricans, unilineata,

 

DISTRIBUTION
Cameroon, Comoros, DRCongo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Kenya, La Reunion, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Gossypium, Cicer arietinum, cajanus cajan, Glycine max, Oryza sativa, Phaseolus, Saccharum officinarum, Vigna radiata,

 

Anticarsia rubricans
Upperside
 
Upperside
 
Upperside
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Photo: R. Butler
 
 
Upperside
 
Underside
 
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Photo: Oxford Museum
 
 
Photo: N. Voaden
Live
 
Live
 
Distribution Map
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Photo: N. Voaden