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

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

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

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

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