Filodes costivitralis - Window pearl
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Photo(s): Bart Wursten, Zebra Ranger Camp, Gorongosa NAtional Park.
Species details:
| Notes: | Adults drink tear liquid from cattle, and can so become vectors of animal diseases. | ||||
| Distribution: | East, Central, Southern Africa and Madagascar. | ||||
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| 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 |