African Moths Gambia


     

Hellula undalis (Fabricius, 1781)

Cabbage Webworm.

 

SYNONYMS
Phalaena undalis, Scoparia alconalis, Leucinodes exemptalis, Pionea geyri, Hellula lunulalis, Hellula occidentalis, Hellula renicula, Hellula undulalis,


SPECIES IN GENUS :- 2
caecigena, undalis,

DISTRIBUTION
Algeria, Cameroon, Comoros, DRCongo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, La Reunion, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Senegal, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Tunisia, Uganda, Zimbabwe,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Brassica sp. Cleome arabica, Moricandia arvensis, Moricandia suffruticosa, Diplotaxis pendula,

 

Hellula undalis
Upperside
 
Upperside
 
Upperside
Hellula undalis   Hellula undalis   Hellula undalis
Photo: R. Butler
 
Photo: R. Butler
 
Photo: Oxford Museum
Underside
 
 
Distribution Map
Hellula undalis   m   Map
Photo: Oxford Museum