Thursday, 5 January 2017

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.









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