Athletes nyanzae bousqueti
Updated as per Pinhey's Emperor Moths of South and South-Central Africa, 1972, May 11, 2006
Updated as per Bouyer's Catalogue of African Saturniidae, 1999, May 11, 2006

Athletes nyanzae bousqueti
Darge, 1988

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TAXONOMY:

Superfamily: Bombycoidea, Latreille, 1802
Family: Saturniidae, Boisduval, [1837] 1834
Subfamily: Saturniinae, Boisduval, [1837] 1834
Tribe: Bunaeini, Packard, 1902
Genus: Athletes, Karsch, 1896

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DISTRIBUTION:

The Athletes nyanzae bousqueti moth flies in Guinea Conakry, Africa.

FLIGHT TIMES AND LARVAL HOSTS:

Athletes nyanzae bousqueti larvae feed on

ECLOSION, SCENTING AND MATING:

Both sexes are active at night. Males come in to lights around midnight when females are scenting.

EGGS, LARVAE, COCOONS, AND PUPAE:

Pupation is in the soil in a subterranean chamber.

Larval Food Plants


Listed below are primary food plant(s) and alternate food plants listed in Stephen E. Stone's Foodplants of World Saturniidae. It is hoped that this alphabetical listing followed by the common name of the foodplant will prove useful. The list is not exhaustive. Experimenting with closely related foodplants is worthwhile.

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