African Moths Gambia


     

Platyptilia farfarellus Zeller, 1867

 

SYNONYMS
Platyptilia molopias, Platyptilia benitensis, Platyptilia petila,

 

SPECIES IN GENUS :- 43
aarviki, albifimbriata, albilobata, barbarae, bowkeri, censoria, claripicta, comorensis, daemonica, dschambiya, farfarellus, fulva, gatamaiyua, gondarensis, grisea, humida, implacata, kaijadoensis, kasulua, locharcha, longalis, morophaea, nyungwea, odiosa, pauliana, periacta, peyrierasi, picta, postbarbata, pseudofulva, pygmaena, rhyncholoba, romieux, rubriacuta, rufamaculata, rwandae, sabius, sciophaea, sochivkoi, sogai, thiosoma, vinsoni, violacea,

 

DISTRIBUTION
Burundi, DRCongo, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Senecio vernalis, Senecio viscosus, Teucrium tomentosum,

Platyptilia farfarellus
Upperside (TZ)
 
 
Distribution Map
Platyptilia farfarellus     map
Photo: Copenhagen Museum
 
 
 
 
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