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.