African Moths Gambia


     

Thysanoplusia exquisita (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874)

Exquisite Plusia.

SYNONYMS
Plusia exquisita, Trichoplusia exquisita,

 

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


DISTRIBUTION
Angola, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Euryops spathaceus, Senecio bupleuroides, Senicio rhomboideus, Helianthus annuus,

Thysanoplusia exquisita
Upperside (ZA)
 
Upperside (ZA)
 
Live (ZA)
Thysanoplusia exquisita   Thysanoplusia exquisita   Thysanoplusia exquisita
Photo: Oxford Museum
 
Photo: Oxford Museum
 
Photo: L. Smith
 
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