African Moths Gambia


Agathodes musivalis, Guenée, 1854.

Painted Pearl.

SYNONYMS
Agathodes chrysalis,

 

 

SPECIES IN GENUS :- 9
bibundalis, dufayi, incoloralis, isabella, minimalis, modicalis, musivalis, ostentalis, thomensis,


DISTRIBUTION
Comoros,
DRCongo, Gambia, Kenya, La Reunion, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritiua, Mozambique, Somalia, South Africa, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe,


 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Erythrina abyssinica, Erythrina caffra, Erythrina indica,

 

Agathodes musivalis
Upperside
 
Upperside
 
Upperside
Agathodes musivalis   Agathodes musivalis   Agathodes musivalis
Photo: R. Butler
 
 
Upperside
 
Underside
 
Live
Agathodes musivalis   Agathodes musivalis   Agathodes musivalis
 
 
Live
 
 
Distribution Map
Agathodes musivalis   m   Map
Photo: H. Roland