African Moths Gambia


     

Uresiphita gilvata, (Fabricius, 1794)

Yellow Under Pearl.

 

SYNONYMS
Pyralis polygonalis, Mecyna virescens, Pyralis vitticalis, Mecyna aversalis, Mecyna carbonalis, Mecyna consanguinalis, Mecyna deprivalis, Pyralis diversalis, Mecyna extinctalis, Phalaena gilvata, Uresiphita gracilia, Uresiphita polygonalis, Pyralis limbalis, Mecyna mongolicalis, Pyralis orientalis, pyralis rusticalis, Mecyna teriadalis,

SPECIES IN GENUS :- 2
catalalis, gilvata,


DISTRIBUTION
DRCongo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, La Reunion, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Ulex europaeus, Genista, Sarothamnus, Sophora tomentosa, Afromorisia, Bolusanthus, Cedrela, Cytisus, Spartium, Putterlickia

 

 

Uresiphita gilvata
Upperside
 
Live
 
Live
Uresiphita gilvata   Uresiphita gilvata   Uresiphita gilvata
Photo: R. Butler
 
Photo: A. Liebenberg
 
Photo: A. Liebenberg
 

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