African Moths Gambia


     

Pterophorus albidus, (Zeller, 1852)

 

SYNONYMS
Aciptilus albidus, Alucita endogramma, Alucita endophaea, Acptilia suffiata,

 

SPECIES IN GENUS :- 20
africanus, albidus, ashanti, bacteriopa, baliolus, candidalis, ceraunia, cleronoma, dallastai, ischnodactyla, lamottei, lampra, legrandi, lindneri, massai, niveodactyla, rhyparias, spissa, uzungwe, virgo,

 

DISTRIBUTION
Botswana, Cameroon, Chad, DRCongo, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ivory Coast, Kenya, La Reunion, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zimbabwe,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Convolvulus, Pharbitis nil,

 

Pterophorus albidus
Upperside (GM)
 
Upperside (GM)
 
Upperside (GM)
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Upperside (GM)
 
Underside (GM)
 
Live (GM)
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Live (TG)
 
 
Distribution Map
Pterophorus albidus
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Photo: J. Bowen