African Moths Gambia


     

Hodebertia testalis, (Fabricius, 1794)

Incolorous Pearl.

 

SYNONYMS
Botys incoloralis, Phalaena testalis, Pyrausta incoloralis, Botys ruficostalis, Botys perpendiculalis, Botys melonalis, Spilodes nitetisalis, Botys albidalis, Pyrausta phyllidalis, Margaronia putrescens, Pyrausta testalis,

SPECIES IN GENUS :- 1
testalis,

DISTRIBUTION
Botswana, Comoros, Congo, DRCongo, Gambia, Kenya, La Reunion, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
Asclepias curassavica, Calotropis gigantea, Calotropis procera, Citrus, Leptadenia madagascariensis, Hibiscus, Gomphocarpus, Pergularia daemia, Sida rhombifolia, Stapelia,

 

Hodebertia testalis
Upperside
 
Upperside
 
Upperside
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Distribution Map
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