African Moths Gambia


     

Setomorpha rutella Zeller, 1852

Tobacco moth.

SYNONYMS
Setomorpha cariosella, Setomorpha contestata, Setomorpha majorella, Setomorpha insectella, Syteomorpha nitella, Setomorpha inamoenella, Setomorpha tineoides, Setomorpha rupicella, Setomorpha ruderella, Setomorpha sigmoidella, Setomorpha transversestrigella, Setomorpha operosella, Setomorpha margalaestriata, Setomorpha fractiliniella, Setomorpha corticinella, Setomorpha discipunctella, Cherstotes dryas, Trisyntopa euryspoda, Gelechia multimaculella,

 

SPECIES IN GENUS :- 1
rutella,

 

DISTRIBUTION
Cameroon, Central African Republic, DRCongo, Gambia, La Reunion, Mauritius, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Mosses and Decaying matter,Mangifera indica, Ipomoea batatas, Dioscorea alata, Erythroxylum, Gossypium, Albizzia montana, Psidium guajava, Cocos nucifera, Coffea arabica, Citrus, Solanum tuberosum, Zingiber officinale, Zea mays, Nicotiana tabacum,

Setomorpha rutella
Upperside (GM)
 

Underside (GM)

 
Distribution Map
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