White moth with black stripes, Nosy Mangabe, Madagascar

Found during a night tour. Wings are white and expanded with black diagonal stripes. Eyes are red, estimated wing span of 2 cm. Antennae are folded back.

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RMFelix

Lion

Family Crambidae, best guess Zebronia phenice. Check: http://www.africanmoths.com/pages/z%20MADAGASCAR/crambidae/m%20zebronia%20phenice.html But i'm not an expert in Heterocera moths, far way from that. Please confirm. By the way, probably the reddish eyes are due to the use of flash. Posted 9 years ago, modified 9 years ago
1. Ferdy Christant
  
  Lion
  
  That's amazing! I had no hope of getting this one identified. It looks like a solid match to me, thank you very much. Posted 9 years ago

The Zebronia phenice

''Zebronia phenice'' is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Stoll in 1782. It is found in Cameroon, Mayotte, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, La Réunion, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mozambique, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Gambia, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

The larvae feed on ''Zizyphus mauritiana'', ''Spathodea campanulata'', ''Tecoma'' and ''Stenotaphrum'' species.

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Similar species: Moths And Butterflies

Species identified by Ferdy Christant