African Moths Gambia


     

Thysanoplusia orichalcea (Fabricius, 1775)

Golden Plusia.

SYNONYMS
Noctua orichalcea, Noctua aurifera, Noctua chrysitina, Plusia orichalcea, Thricoplusia orichalcea,

 

SPECIES IN GENUS :- 18
arachnoides, chalcedona, clarci, cupreomicans, daubei, distalagma, exquisita, flavorosea, indicator, laportei, mulunga, orichalcea, roseofasciata, rostrata, sestertia, spoliata, tetrastigma, turlini,


DISTRIBUTION
Algeria, Burundi, Cameroon, Comoros, DRCongo, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, La Reunion, Libya, Madagascar, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Seirra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Polyphagous,

Thysanoplusia orichalcea
Upperside (RW)
 
Upperside
 
Upperside (KE)
Thysanoplusia orichalcea   Thysanoplusia orichalcea   Thysanoplusia orichalcea
Photo: Charaxes
 
Photo: Manchester Museum
 
Photo: P. Buckham-Bonnet
Upperside (ZW)
 
Upperside (UG)
 
larva (ZA)
Thysanoplusia orichalcea   Thysanoplusia orichalcea   Thysanoplusia orichalcea
Photo: R. Butler
 
Photo: T. Baron
 
Photo: J. Young
Pupa (CM)
 
Live (DRC)
 
Live (ZA)
Thysanoplusia orichalcea   Thysanoplusia orichalcea   Thysanoplusia orichalcea
Photo: A. Guyonnet
 
Photo: N. Voaden
 
Photo: J. Young
Live (ZA)
 
 
Distribution Map
Thysanoplusia orichalcea     map
Photo: J. Heyns