African Moths Gambia


     

Lophocrama phoenicochlora Hampson, 1912

Large Vernal.

SYNONYMS


SPECIES IN GENUS :- 4
auritincta, hemipyria, phoenicochlora, suavis,

 

DISTRIBUTION
Angola, Benin, Central African Republic, DRCongo, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Triplochiton scleroxylon, Cola nitida, Cola simiarum, Cola acuminata, Grewia, Theobroma, cacao,

Lophocrama phoenicochlora
Upperside (GM)
 
Upperside (GM)
 
Upperside (SL)
Lophocrama phoenicochlora   Lophocrama phoenicochlora   Lophocrama phoenicochlora
 
 
Upperside (GM)
 
Upperside f. medioclara (ZW)
 
Upperside f. medioclara (GM)
Lophocrama phoenicochlora   Lophocrama phoenicochlora   Lophocrama phoenicochlora
 
Photo: R. Butler
 
Underside (GM)
 
Live (GM)
 
Live (GM)
Lophocrama phoenicochlora
 
Lophocrama phoenicochlora
 
Lophocrama phoenicochlora
 
 
 
Distribution Map
 
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