African Moths Gambia


     

Parapoynx diminutalis, (Snellen, 1880)

 

SYNONYMS
Hydrocampa diminutalis, Oligostigma pallida, Parapoynx dicentra, Parapoynx uxorialis,


SPECIES IN GENUS :- 12
affinialis, bipunctalis, crisonalis, diminutalis, fluctuosalis, ingridae, luteivittalis, minoralis, ophiaula, plumbefusalis, stagnalis, zambiensis,

 

DISTRIBUTION
Angola, Botswana, DRCongo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Gambia, Kenya, La Reunion, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Nigeria, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe,


 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Hydrilla verticillata, Nymphaea,

 

Parapoynx diminutalis
Upperside
 
Underside
 
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Photo: A. Liebenberg
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Distribution map
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Photo: A. Liebenberg