Filodes costivitralis - Window pearl

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Filodes costivitralis
Filodes costivitralis

Photo(s): Bart Wursten, Zebra Ranger Camp, Gorongosa NAtional Park.

Species details:

Note: Adults drink tear liquid from cattle, and can so become vectors of animal diseases.
Distribution: East, Central, Southern Africa and Madagascar.
Related plant families:
Related plant genera:
AcanthaceaeThunbergia (Larval food plant)
Malvaceae subfamily MalvoideaeHibiscus (Larval food plant)
Related plant species:
Literature: Pinhey, E.C.G. (1979), Moths of Southern Africa, A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam, p. 70.
Pinhey, E.C.G. (1975), Some Well Known African Moths, Bundu Series, Longman Rhodesia, p. 40.
africanmoths.com
Wikipedia



Flora of the Democratic Republic of Congo: Lepidoptera - Butterflies and Moths: Filodes costivitralis .
https://www.drcongoflora.com/speciesdata/insect-display.php?insect_species_id=402870, retrieved 4 October 2024

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