African Moths Gambia


     

Spoladea recurvalis, (Fabricius, 1775)

Beet Webworm. Banded Sable.

SYNONYMS
Phalaena recurvalis, Hydrocampa albifascialis, Phalaena angustalis, Spoladea animalis, Hymenia recurvalis, Hymenia diffascialis, Hymenia exodias, Phalaena fascialis, Phycis recurvella, Spoladea ancylosema, Spoladea formosana, Zinckenia fascialis,

 

SPECIES IN GENUS :- 1
recurvalis,



DISTRIBUTION
Cameroon, Comoros, DRCongo, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Kenya, La Reunion, Madagascar, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Zambia, Zimbabwe,


 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Polyphageous,

Spoladea recurvalis
Upperside
 
Upperside
 
Upperside
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Photo: R. Butler
Upperside
 
Underside
 
Larva
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Larva
 
Live
 
Live
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Distribution Map
Spoladea recurvalis
 
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Photo: N. Voaden