Mocis proverai

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Mocis proverai

Photo(s): Bart Wursten, Mt Bunga, northwestern Gorongosa National Park.

Species details:

Note: The basic colour can vary from very grey to orange brown and the narrowly triangular dark streak on the inside margin of the forewing can be more or less absent.
Distribution: Throughout Africa, Madacascar and other Indian Ocean Islands.
Larval food (by plant family):
Larval food (by plant genus):
Larval food (by plant species):
PoaceaePanicum maximum (Larval food plant)
Literature: africanmoths.com

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Caprivi: Lepidoptera - Butterflies and Moths: Mocis proverai .
https://www.capriviflora.com/speciesdata/insect-display.php?insect_species_id=402720, retrieved 9 December 2024

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