African Moths Gambia


     

Ghesquierellana hirtusalis, (Walker, 1859)

Blotched Pearl.

SYNONYMS
Botys hirtusalis, Polygrammodes borbonica, Phostria pallas, Botyodes hirtusalis,

 

SPECIES IN GENUS :- 5
hirtusalis, johnstoni, phialusalis, tessellalis, thaumasia,



DISTRIBUTION
Cameroon, Comoros, DRCongo, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ivory Coast, Kenya, La Reunion, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Ficus mauritiana, Ficus sur, Ficus mucoso, Ficus vallischoudae, Ficus trichopoda, Gossypium, Ficus carica,

Ghesquierellana hirtusalis
Upperside
 
Upperside
 
Upperside
Ghesquierellana hirtusalis   Ghesquierellana hirtusalis   Ghesquierellana hirtusalis
Photo: R. Revell
 
Photo: R. Butler
 
Underside
 
Live
 
Live
Ghesquierellana hirtusalis   Ghesquierellana hirtusalis   Ghesquierellana hirtusalis

Live
 
 
Photo: Z. Wijtten
Distribution Map
Ghesquierellana hirtusalis
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Photo: A. Liebenberg