African Moths Gambia



Hypocala deflorata
(Fabricius, 1794)

Variable Yellow Underwing.

SYNONYMS
Hyblaea deflorata, Hypocala australiae, Hypocala moorei,

 

SPECIES IN GENUS :- 10
bohemani, deflorata, dysdamarta, florens, gaedei, genuina, plumicornis, rostrata, subsatura, tenuis,

 

DISTRIBUTION
Botswana, Cameroon, Congo, DRCongo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Diospyros pallens, Diospyros villosa, Diospyros dichrophylla, Diospyros lycioides, Sapota, Royena,

 

Hypocala deflorata
Upperside (ZW)
 
Upperside (GM)
 
Underside (GM)
Hypocala deflorata   Hypocala deflorata   Hypocala deflorata
Photo: R. Butler
 
 
Live (UG)
 
Live (GM)
 
Live (DRC)
Hypocala deflorata   Hypocala deflorata   Hypocala deflorata
Photo: P. Waring
 
 
Photo: N. Voaden
 
Distribution Map
 
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