African Moths Gambia


     

Exelastis pumilio (Meyrick, 1913)

 

SYNONYMS
Marasmarcha tenax, Marasmarcha liophanes, Exelastis bergeri, Exelastis tenax, Mimaesoptilus gilvidorsis,

 

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

 

DISTRIBUTION
Chad, DRCongo, Gambia, Kenya, La Reunion, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritius, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe,

 

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

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