African Moths Gambia


     

Exelastis atomosa (Walsingham, 1885)

 

SYNONYMS
Marasmarcha atomosa,

 

SPECIES IN GENUS :- 15
atomosa, boireaui, caroli, crespuscularis, crudipennis, ebalensis, hulstaerti, luqueti, montischristi, phlyctaenias, pilum, pumilio, robinsoni, viettei, vuattouxi,

 

DISTRIBUTION
Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Cajanus indicus, Cajanus cajan, Dolichos, Lablab purpureus, Oryza sativa, Vigna mungo,

Exelastis atomosa
Upperside (TZ)
 
 
Distribution Map
Exelastis atomosa     map
Photo: Copenhagen Museum
 
 
 
 
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