African Moths Gambia


Cnaphalocrocis trapezalis, (Guenée, 1854)

Lined Pearl.

SYNONYMS
Salbia trapezalis, Botys creonalis, Botys neoclesalis, Cnaphalocrocis andresi, Cnaphalocrocis bifurcalis, Botys convectalis, Dolichosticha perinephes, Marasmia trapezalis, Botys suspicalis,

SPECIES IN GENUS :- 12
bilinealis, binalis, brunneofusalis, conformis, didialis, grisealis, grucheti, liliicola, medinalis, poeyalis, trapezalis, trebiusalis,

DISTRIBUTION
DRCongo, Egypt, Gambia, Kenya, La Reunion, Madagascar, Mauritius, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe,

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Zea mays, Triticum aestivum, Brachiaria, Imperata cylindrica, Oryza sativa, Panicum Maximum, Panicum trichocladum, Paspalum notatum, Pennisetum clandestinum, Saccharum, Setaria sphacelata, Sorghum bicolor,

 

 

 

Cnaphalocrocis trapezalis
Upperside
 
Upperside
 
Upperside
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Photo: R. Butler
Upperside
 
Underside
 
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Distribution Map
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