Maltagorea griveaudi
Updated as per Bouyer's Catalogue of African Saturniidae, 1999, 2004
Updated as per personal conversation with and images from Rodolphe Rougerie, 2005
Updated as per personal conversation with and images from Thierry Bouyer, May 2006
Updated as per personal communication with Patrick Basquin, February 26, 2015- April 2, 2015

Maltagorea griveaudi
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Bouyer, 1996

Maltagorea griveaudi male (copyright protected), courtesy of Rodolphe Rougerie

Image and info from Bulletin de la Societe entomologique de France, 108 (2), 2003: 177-180 , where a similar species M. basquini is described by Rodolphe Rougerie.

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TAXONOMY:

Superfamily: Bombycoidea Latreille, 1802
Family: Saturniidae Boisduval, [1837] 1834
Subfamily: Saturniinae Boisduval, [1837] 1834
Tribe: Urotini, Packard, 1902
Genus: Maltagorea, Bouyer, 1993

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DISTRIBUTION:

Maltagorea griveaudi flies in Madagascar: Lakato Forest (PB); Anjozorobe Forest (PB). Orange colouration of wings distinguishes this species from yellow basquini.

Maltagorea griveaudi male, courtesy of Thierry Bouyer.

Maltagorea griveaudi male, Lakato Forest, Madagascar,
courtesy of Patrick Basquin.

Maltagorea griveaudi male, Lakato Forest, Madagascar,
courtesy of Patrick Basquin.

FLIGHT TIMES AND PREFERRED FOOD PLANTS:

Larval hosts are unknown.

Maltagorea griveaudi male, Moramanga, Lakato forest, Madagascar,
1100m, courtesy of Patrick Basquin.

ECLOSION, SCENTING AND MATING:

Females emit an airbourne pheromone and males track the scent with their antennae by flying in a zigzag pattern into the wind.

Maltagorea griveaudi female, courtesy of Thierry Bouyer.

Maltagorea griveaudi female, Anjozorobe Forest, Madagascar,
courtesy of Patrick Basquin.

Maltagorea griveaudi female, Anjozorobe Forest, Madagascar,
courtesy of Patrick Basquin.

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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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.

The genus name Maltagorea is a contraction of the Malagassy branch of the Tagoropsis / Pseudantherea group.

Mal from Malagassy Republic (Madagascar);
tago from Tagoropsis:
rea from Pseudantherea

The species name griveaud is honourific for Griveaud.

M. cincta = Maltagorea griveaudi above has been touched up via Adobe Photoshop.
The abdomen has been restored, and missing wing parts have been filled in.
Image (copyright: holotype) courtesy of Rodolphe Rougerie.