Gonimbrasia zambesina ( Walker, 1865b )

Mbata, Keith J. & Prins, Jurate De, 2023, Annotated checklist of moths of Zambia (Insecta: Lepidoptera), Zootaxa 5354 (1), pp. 1-503 : 162

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Gonimbrasia zambesina ( Walker, 1865b )
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Gonimbrasia zambesina ( Walker, 1865b) View in CoL *

COMMON NAME (S): Zambezi Emperor Moth or Edible caterpillars (“Mumpa”, “Finamiembe”, and “Finamwenge” in “Bemba”, a Zambian local language).

SYNONYM(S): Thyella zambesia Felder, 1874 ; Saturnia said Oberth ̧r, 1878; Antheraea barcas Maassen & Weymer, 1881 ; Nudaurelia ringleri Wichgraf, 1906 ; Thyella rectilinea Oberth ̧r, 1910b; Thyella zanguebarica Oberth ̧r, 1910b.

IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE).

DISTRIBUTION: Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: Victoria Falls Region, in Southern Province ; Mansa, in Luapula Province ; Kopa **, in Mpika, Muchinga Province ; Kasama, in Northern Province ; Lusaka , in Lusaka Province.

LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): Larval foodplants include: one Anacardiaceae species ( Mangifera sp. ), one Apocynaceae species ( Nerium oleander L.), one Fabaceae species ( Poinciana sp. ) and one Ebenaceae species ( Diospyros mespiliformis

Hochst. ex A.DC.) in South Africa; one Ebenaceae species ( Diospyros mespiliformis Hochst. ex A.DC. )

in Namibia ( Oberprieler 1995) View in CoL and; three Anacardiaceae View in CoL species ( Rhus sp. , Ozoroa mucronata (Bernh.)

R. Fern. & A. Fern. and Schinus molle View in CoL L.), one Rosaceae View in CoL species ( Prunus spp. ), two Fabaceae View in CoL species

( Delonix regia (Hook.) Raf. and Poinciana sp. ), one Verbenaceae species ( Petrea volubilis L.) and one

Ebenaceae species ( Diospyros mespiliformis Hochst. ex A.DC. ) in unnamed countries elsewhere in

Africa. Host plants of the taxon in Zambia include Julbernardia paniculata (Benth.) Troupin ( Mbata et al. 2002) .

SOURCES: De Prins & De Prins 2022; Hampson 1910c; Malaisse 1997; Mbata et al. 2002; Oberprieler 1995; Pinhey 1972b.

Genus Goodia Holland, 1893c

De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2022) Afromoths, online database of Afrotropical moth species (Lepidoptera). World Wide Web electronic publication. Available from: https: // www. afromoths. net / (accessed 20 June 2023)

Hampson, G. F. (1910 c) Zoological collections from Northern Rhodesia and adjacent territories: Lepidoptera Phalaenae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1910 (2), 388 - 510, pls. 36 - 41. [https: // www. biodiversitylibrary. org / page / 31563124] https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1096 - 3642.1910. tb 01899. x

Holland, W. J. (1893 c) New species of West African Drepanulidae. Entomological News, 4, 171 - 181, pl. 1.

Malaisse, F. (1997) Se nourrir en foret claire africaine. Approche ecologique et nutritionnele. Centre Technique de Cooperation Agricole et Rurale, Presses agronomiques de Gembloux, CTA, Gembloux, Wageningen, Pays-BasWageningen, 384 pp.

Mbata, K. J. Chidumayo, E. N. & Lwatula, C. M. (2002) Traditional Regulation of Edible Caterpillar Exploitation in the Kopa Area of Mpika District in Northern Zambia. Journal of Insect Conservation, 6, 115 - 130. https: // doi. org / 10.1023 / A: 1020953030648

Oberprieler, R. G. (1995) The Emperor Moths of Namibia. Ekogilde, Hartbeespoort, 104 pp.

Pinhey, E. C. G. (1972 b) Emperor moths of South and South-Central Africa. C. Struik (PTY) Ltd., Cape Town, 150 pp.

Walker, F. (1865 b) n. k. In: List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part XXXII. Supplement Part 2. The Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History), London, 32, i - iv, 323 - 706. [https: // www. biodiversitylibrary. org / page / 38916881]

Wichgraf, F. (1906) Zwei neue afrikanische Heteroceren aus den Hinterlande der Delagoa-Bay. Insektenb ˆ rse, 23 (21), 82 - 83. [https: // www. biodiversitylibrary. org / page / 43817499]

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Saturniidae

Genus

Gonimbrasia

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