Pseudobunaea mbiziana
Updated as per Wiki Species, January 15, 2014

Pseudobunaea mbiziana
Darge, 2009

Pseudobunaea mbiziana male, 115mm, on my home computer only

This site has been created by Bill Oehlke at oehlkew@islandtelcom.com
Comments, suggestions and/or additional information are welcomed by Bill.

TAXONOMY:

Superfamily: Bombycoidea, Latreille, 1802
Family: Saturniidae, Boisduval, [1837] 1834
Subfamily: Saturniinae, Boisduval, [1837] 1834
Tribe: Bunaeini, Packard, 1902
Genus: Pseudobunaea, Bouvier, 1927

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DISTRIBUTION:

Pseudobunaea mbiziana (wingspan: males: 115mm; females: 121mm) flies in
southern-western Tanzania: Rukwa Region, Mbizi Forest Reserve, 07°53.576'S 031°40.735'E, 2240 m.

With the advent of DNA barcoding analysis (2008), many new Saturniidae species have been named, including many Pseudobunaea species from the various mountain ranges in Tanzania.

The following link, Tanzania Pseudobunaea Comparison Chart, will hopefully help me and others to determine species as they become available for posting.

I will be using information on Wiki Species and scientific journal publications to post information and write my own descriptions of the Tanzanian Pseudobunaea. If you have digital images that you can submmit with data (wingspan, elevation, date, precise location), I will do my best to confirm your ids or offer suggestions, and will incorporate your images, credited to you, into the respective files. Please help improve the scope and accuracy of this site by submitting images. All photos remain the property of respective photographers.

FLIGHT TIMES AND PREFERRED FOOD PLANTS:

Pseudobunaea mbiziana moth flies in the month of January, and probably at other times.

Larvae possibly feed on Bauhinia reticulata, Berlinia paniculata, Uapaca nitida and Fagus.

ECLOSION, SCENTING AND MATING:

Eclosion is from underground pupae.

Pseudobunaea mbiziana female, 121mm, on my home computer only

EGGS, LARVAE AND PUPAE:

The species name, mbiziana, is indicative of a type location in the Mbizi Forest Reserve in Rukwa Region, southern-western Tanzania.

Larval Food Plants


It is hoped that this alphabetical listing followed by the common names of the anticipated foodplants will prove useful. The list is not exhaustive. Experimenting with closely related foodplants is worthwhile.

Bauhinia reticulata......
Berlinia paniculata
Uapaca nitida
Fagus .......

Kanchan
Mnondo
Wild loquat
Beech

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