African Moths Gambia


     

Hydriris ornatalis, (Duponchel, 1832)

Ornate Pearl.

SYNONYMS
Asopia ornatalis, Cataclysta fraterna, Stenia pulchellalis, Pyralis deciusalis, Botys invenustalis, Ercta orientalis, Nymphula saturnalis, Hydriris bifascialis,

SPECIES IN GENUS :- 1
ornatalis,

DISTRIBUTION
Cameroon, Comoros, DRCongo, Egypt, Gambia, Kenya, La Reunion, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Polyphagus, Ipomoea batatas, Acacia monticola, Convolvulus arvensis, Emex spinosa, Ipomoea calophylla, Malus pumila,

 

Hydriris ornatalis
Upperside
 
Upperside
 
Upperside
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Photo: R. Butler
 
 
Upperside
 
Underside
 
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