African Moths Gambia


     

Chilo orichalcociella (Strand, 1911)

Spangled Grass Moth.

SYNONYMS
Diatraea orichalcociliella, Diatraea argyrolepia
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SPECIES IN GENUS :- 25
agamemnon, aleniella, argyrogramma, argyropasta, costifusalis, diffusiinea, flavirufalis, incerta, leucealis, luniferalis, mercatorius, mesoplagalis, orichalcociliella, partellus, perfusalis, prophylactes, psammathis, quirimbellus, recalvus, sacchariphagus, subbivittalis, suppressalis, thyrsis, zacconius, zoriandellus,

 

DISTRIBUTION
DRCongo, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Grasses, Sorghum, Zea mays,

 

Chilo orichalcociella
Live (ZA)
 
 
Distribution Map
Chilo orichalcociella     Map
Photo: A. Liebenberg