species: cordata Drury 1773 remark: small Pachnoda with lots of colour varieties wild habitat: common western african savannah species origin: Senegal origin2: Guinea, variety obscura Schoch origin3: Sierra Leone, IV/2013 wild imago size: 15-18 mm breeding difficulty: relatively easy, some populations may undergo diapausis in prepupal/imago stage which take up to 7 months species: tridentata Olivier 1789 remark: - wild habitat: common western african savannah species, cohabit with P. cordata origin: Guinea origin2: Sierra Leone, Nimini Hills, prov. Kono, V/2013 wild imago size: 16-20 mm breeding difficulty: very difficult compared with other Pachnoda spp., even larvae feeding may be very complicated Pachnoda cordata >> sexual dimorphism (abdominal groove) (Senegal), >>> variability (Sierra Leone) Pachnoda cordata var. obscura (Guinea) >,>> Pachnoda cordata >>> together with Pachnoda tridentata cought on mango trap (Sierra Leone) Pachnoda tridentata (Sierra Leone) -1- -2- -3- -4- -5- -6- -7- 8th page -9- -10- -11- -12- -13- -14- |
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