African Moths Gambia


     

Racotis squalida (Butler, 1878)

Squalid Satin.

SYNONYMS
Ophthalmodes squalida, Racotis sinuosa, Boarmia squalida,


SPECIES IN GENUS :- 11
angulosa, apodosima, boarmiaria, breijeri, canui, cedrici, deportata, incauta, incompletaria, squalida, zebrina,

 

DISTRIBUTION
Cameroon, Central African Republic, Comoros, Congo, DRCongo, Equatorial Guinea, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Annona senegalensis, Michelia champaca,

 

Racotis squalida
Upperside (ZW)
 
Underside (CM)
 
Live (CM)
Racotis squalida   Racotis squalida  
Racotis squalida
Photo: R. Butler
 
Photo: A. Guyonnet
 
Photo: A. Guyonnet
 
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