African Moths Gambia


     

Spodoptera mauritia (Boisduval, 1833)

 

SYNONYMS
Spodoptera acronyctiformis, Spodoptera acronyctoides, Spodoptera nubes, Spodoptera filium, Agrotis aliena, Spodoptera formosana, Laphygma gratiosa, Prodenia infecta, Prodenia insignata, Hadena obliqua, Spodoptera ogasawarensis, Prodenia permunda, Laphygma squalida, Agrotis submarginalis, Agrotis transducta, Prodenia venustula,

 

SPECIES IN GENUS :- 10
apertura, cilium, excelsa, exempta, exigua, littorallis, malagasy, maurita, teferi, triturata,

DISTRIBUTION
Comoros, DRCongo, Eritrea, Gambia, Kenya, La Reunion, Madagascar, Mauritius, Niger, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zimbabwe,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Polyphagous, Grasses,

 

Spodoptera mauritia
Upperside (ZW)
 
Live (RE)
 
Live (RE)
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Photo: R. Butler
 
Photo: M. Bippus
 
Photo: M. Bippus
 
Distribution Map
 
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