Nudaurelia carnegiei
Gonimbrasia (Nudaurelia) carnegiei
Janse, 1918
Imbrasia carnegiei (Janse, 1918) (Nudaurelia)
Nudaurelia carnegiei male, Mozambique, 138mm,
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Superfamily: Bombycoidea, Latreille, 1802
Family: Saturniidae, Boisduval, [1837] 1834
Subfamily: Saturniinae, Boisduval, [1837] 1834
Tribe: Bunaeini, Packard, 1902
Genus: Nudaurelia, Rothschild, 1895
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DISTRIBUTION:
Carnegie's Emperor,
Nudaurelia carnegiei (wingspan: males: 138mm; females 132mm), flies in
Zimbabwe and
Mozambique.
This moth is also classified in the Imbrasia genus.
I believe the most recent nomenclature change places this species in the Montanaurelia genus.
FLIGHT TIMES AND PREFERRED FOOD PLANTS:
The Nudaurelia carnegiei moth flies in the months of ??
Nudaurelia carnegei larvae feed upon
Protea.
Rolf Oberprieler writes, "Its foodplant is
Protea, by the way, the record of Brachystegia
in Pinhey (1972) is wrong as neither
I. carnegiei nor Brachystegia occur in
Transvaal (South Africa).
Nudaurelia carnegiei female, Mozambique, 132mm,
on my home computer only.
ECLOSION, SCENTING AND MATING:
Eclosion is from
underground pupae.
EGGS, LARVAE, COCOONS AND PUPAE:
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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