Goodia stellata
Updated as per Bouyer's Catalogue of African Saturniidae, 1999, January 7, 2006
Updated as per personal communication with Thierry Bouyer, May 2006
Natural History Museum website

Goodia thia
GOOD-ee-uhmmTHEE-uh
Jordan, 1922

Goodia thia male, courtesy of Thierry Bouyer.

TAXONOMY:

Superfamily: Bombycoidea Latreille, 1802
Family: Saturniidae Boisduval, [1837] 1834
Subfamily: Saturniinae Boisduval, [1837] 1834
Tribe: Micragonini Cockerell in Packard, 1914 (1902)
Genus: Goodia, Holland, 1893

MIDI MUSIC

"Moon River"
copyright C. Odenkirk

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DISTRIBUTION:

Goodia thia (wingspan: males: approx. 65mm; females: ??) inhabits Bitje, Ja River, Cameroon (NHM);
RD Congo according to Thierry Bouyer;
and probably PR Congo.

Goodia thia ??, male, Cameroon, courtesy of Eric van Schayck.

FLIGHT TIMES AND PREFERRED FOOD PLANTS:

This moth flies from ?? Larval hosts are unknown.

ECLOSION, SCENTING AND MATING:

Females fly early at night with males on the wing around midnight, the calling time of females. Both sexes come in to lights.

EGGS, LARVAE, COCOONS AND PUPAE:

Eggs are deposited in small groups of 4-12 on twigs or hostplant leaves. Larvae are solitary feeders.

Larvae descend the foodplant at pupation time and construct a flimsy cocoon in debris at the base of the hostplant.

Goodia thia male, All Leps Barcode of Life.

Larval Food Plants


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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The pronunciation of scientific names is troublesome for many. The "suggestion" at the top of the page is merely a suggestion. It is based on commonly accepted English pronunciation of Greek names and/or some fairly well accepted "rules" for latinized scientific names.

The suggested pronunciations, on this page and on other pages, are primarily put forward to assist those who hear with internal ears as they read.

There are many collectors from different countries whose intonations and accents would be different.

Goodia might?? be honourific for botanist Peter Good or collector A. I. Good.

The species name 'thia' is probably from Greek mythology where Theia (also written Thea or Thia), also called Euryphaessa ("wide-shining"), is one of the Titans.