Erebidae

ARCTIINAE; Chiromachla leuconae ( White bear) (Hopffer, 1857)



DISCRIPTION:
Medium size ( wingspan 52 mm), boldly coloured, forewings with single oblique cream stripe, hind wings white with black border, head and thorax black with white dots, antennae whip-like.

DISTRIBUTION:
Angola, Dr Congo, Ethiopia,Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique,South, Africa, Sudan,Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia,Zimbabwe.


BIOLOGY:
Adults fly slowly by night and settle on leaves. Larvae feed on  different species of Senecio and
coffee.

                                     Jacky Collier Ballito

Crambidae

SPILOMELINAE: Nausinoe geometralis ( Measured Pearl) Guenee, 1854

DISCRIPTION:
Moth of the Crambidae family

                                                                   Photo: Paul Venter

                                                                                Paul Venter

DISTRIBUTION:

Dr Congo,Gambia,Ghana,kenya,La Reunion,Madagascar,Malawi,Mauritius, Mozambique,Sierra Leone,South Africa,Zambia,Zimbabwe.

                                                         Jacky Collier: Fourways

BIOLOGY:

Larval feed on Jasmin,Gardenia

http://biostor.org/reference/149404

http://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/268467

Erebidae

ARCTIINAE:

Metarctia lateritia (Laterite matron) Schaffer 1855


DISCRIPTION:
Moth of the Arctiidae family.

DISTRIBUTION:
Angola,Botswana,Burundi,Cameroon,Dr Congo,Eritrea,Ethiopia,Kenya,Malawi,Mozambique,Rwada, South Africa,Tanzani,Uganda,Zambia,Zimbabwe

                           Photographer Unknown

BIOLOGY;

larval floodplants Senecio

Erebidae

ARCTIINAE: Cyana pretoriae ( Pretoria red lines) Distant, 1896


DISCRIPTION:
Small wingspan ( 30mm), distinctive with pure white wings and body, red spots on the head and thorax, yellow banded-legs, and two complete red bands on the fore wings.

                                        Paul Venter 

BIOLOGY;

Larvae feed on lichens, Ipomoea

                                        Manchester Museum

DISTRIBUTION;

Congo,Gabon,Kenya, Malawi,Mozambique,Somalia, South Africa,Tanzania, Uganda,Zambia,Zimbabwe.

Erebiidae

ARCTIINAE: Apisa canescens ( Walker, 1855)

DESCRIPTION:
Is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Walker in 1855. Medium wingspan ( 50mm), with pale grey forewings and white hind wings, creamy white larvae with rows of long hairs in tufts.

DISTRIBUTION:
Angola, Congo,Djibouti,Eritrae,Ethiopia,Gabon,Kenya,Liberia,Mozambique,Namibia, Nigeria,Rwanda,Senegal,Sierra Leone, Somalia,South Africa,Sudan,Tanzania,Zambia,Zimbabwe

               JackyCollier, Hammerkop

LARVAL FLOODPLANTS:

Cosmos sulphureus, Fynbos to sub-tropical forest

BIOLOGY:
Adults are nocturnal

             Paul Venter: Magaliesburg, Hammerkop

Noctuidae

AGARISTINAE> Aegocera  fervida (Fervid Tiger)


DISCRIPTION:

                                                                    Collector: Malcolm Bain

DISTRIBUTION:

Angola, Barundi,Cameroon,Congo, Ghana,kenya, Malawi, Mozambique,Namibia, South Africa,Tanzania, Uganda,Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Erebidae

ARCTIINAE> Popoudina lemniscata (Distant , 1898)

DISCRIPTION:
Popoudina is a genus of moth in the Erebidae Family. Formely the species of this genus were mistakenly included in Estigmene. Probably some species of the latter genus might belong to Popoudina.

DISTRIBUTION:
Kenya, South Africa, Zimbabwe

                                              Collector M Bain

Notodontiidae

DICRANURINAE: Desmeocraera basalis ( Basal prominent)



DISTRIBUTION:
Angola, Botswana, Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Notodontiidae

PHALERINAE: Antheua encausta ( Scorched frill)


DISCRIPTION:
Antheua is a genus of moths in the Notodontidae family

DISTRIBUTION:

Angola, Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania, Zimbabwe

                                                                           Collector: M Bain

Noctuidae

ACONTIINAE: Acontia caffraria  (Caffraria droplet)

Acontia Is a genus of moths of the Noctuidae family. Eusceptis, Pseudalypia and Spragueia are sometimes included in the present genus, but they are tentatively treated as different pending further research. Many species of Tarachne were also once placed there.

                                                        Collector M Bain

DISTRIBUTION:
Kenya, Mozambique, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania

DISCRIPTION:
Palpi long porrect and met by a short frontal tuft. Third joint prominent. Antennae simple. Thorax and abdiman smoothly scaked and tuftless. Forewings with non- creulate cilla. Veins 7.8 and 9,10 stalked. Larva possess four abdominal prolegs.

Erebiidae

LYMANTRIINAE: LACIPA SP (gemmata or nobilis)

DESCRIPTION:
Lacipa is a genus of moth in the Lymantriidae family

Photo Jacky Collier                     Collector Malcolm Bain

DISTRIBUTION:
gemmata occuring in the Congo,South Africa, Uganda , Zambia
nobilis occuring in Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Rwanda, Zambia and Zimabwe.

                                                       Photo: N Voaden

Erebiidae

ARCTIINAE: Thyretes caffra ( Bar Maiden)

DISTRIBUTION:

Thyretes caffra is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Wallengren in 1863. It is found in Botswana, Lesothu, Mozambique, Namibia, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

The larvae feed on Acacia Karoo

Photo Jacky Collier                       Collector M Bain

                                                      Photo: Joan Young

Reference Material:


http://www.nhm.ac.uk

http://www.africanmoths.com/pages/EREBIDAE/ARCTIINAE/thyretes%20caffra.html

Erebidae

EREBIDAE


Chalciope delta ( White Triangle)

DISCRIPTION:
Genus of moth in the Erebidae family

                                                              Magaliesberg ( Hannerkop)

DISTRIBUTION:
Botswana, Comores, Dr Congo, Kenya, La Reunion, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius. Mozambique. South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Mpofu Nature Reserve

                       

Geometridae

Geometridae:

Menophra obtusata ( pale- waved umber)

Occur in Dr Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe.

Crambidae

CRAMBIDAE;

SPILOMELINAE: Notarcha quartenarlis. ( fourth pearl).

DISCRIPTION:

The moth is yellow/ White with some black spots at the foreside of the forewings. It has a wingspan of around 18mm. The larvae are dark-green with a black/brown head. Host plants of this species are Malvaceae ( Sida sp. Sida carpinifolia).

DISTRIBUTION:

Botswana, Comores, DR Congo, Ethiopia, Gambia, Kenya, La Reunion, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mozambique, Nigeria, Sierre Leone, South Africa, Uganda, Zimbabwe.