Bunaeopsis aurantiaca ( Rothschild, 1895b )
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/553187B2-C4DD-FF4A-62F6-FB2BFCC79FD6 |
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Bunaeopsis aurantiaca ( Rothschild, 1895b ) |
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Bunaeopsis aurantiaca ( Rothschild, 1895b) View in CoL
COMMON NAME (S): Saturniid or Edible caterpillars (Kwanatengo, in Zambia).
SYNONYM(S): Antheraea thyene Weymer, 1896 .
IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE).
DISTRIBUTION: Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon, Malawi, Tanzania, Zambia.
LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: Nchelenge, in Luapula Province ; Kasama, in Northern Province ; Kafue and Lusaka , in Lusaka Province; Kopa, in Muchinga Province ; Kasempa, in Northwestern Province .
LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): Larval foodplants include grasses ( Poaceae ) and Bridelia micrantha (Hochst.) Baill. (Phyllanthaceae) .
SOURCES: African Moths 2019; De Prins & De Prins 2022; Malaisse 1997.
No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.
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