African Moths Gambia


     

Scopula puchellata (Fabricius, 1794)

 

SYNONYMS
Phalaena pulchelata, Craspedia rufinubes,


SPECIES IN GENUS :- 280
acidalia, adelpharia, caesaria, curvimargo, deserta, donovani, fimbrilineata, haemaleata, imitaria, internata, internataria, lactaria, lubricata, luridata, minorata, natalica, nigrinotata, opicata, ossicolor, pulchellata, ruficolor, rufisalsa, sagittilinea, sanguinisecta, serena, sincera, sinnaria, spoliata, sublobata, subobliquata, transsecta, tricommata,

 

DISTRIBUTION
Botswana, Ethiopia, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Madagascar, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Polyphagous, Plumbago auriculata, Plumbago capensis,

 

Scopula pulchellata
Upperside (SO)
 
Upperside (SO)
 
Distribution Map
Scopula pulchellata   Scopula pulchellata   map
Photo: Oxford Museum
 
Photo: Oxford Museum
 
 
 
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