Malawi

Many thanks to Thierry Bouyer for providing me with an extensive checklist (May 2006) for Malawi. Thierry wishes feedback regarding inclusions/omissions to this list. All those species followed by "TB" are confirmed by Thierry. He also lists some as unconfirmed but "probable".

Of the Saturniinae subfamily, the Attacini and Saturniini spin cocoons, while the Urotini and Bunaeini pupate underground. The Micragonini spin loose, paper like cocoons near the base of the hostplant. Micragonini: Adafroptilum acutum PD Adafroptilum bellum PD Adafroptilum rotundum PD Adafroptilum singularum PD Decachorda aspersa WOxx Decachorda rosea TB Decachorda sp 1, TB Decachorda sp 2, TB Goodia kuntzei IT/TB Goodia hollandi TB Holocerina agomensis EP/TB Holocerina intermedia TB Holocerina rhodesiensis EP/TB Holocerina smilax EP/TB Ludia delegorguei IT/TB Ludia dentata NHM/TB L. ori. limbobrunnea NHM/TB Micragone agathylla TB Micragone ansorgei IT/TB Micragone cana TB Micragone neonub TB Micragone nyasae WO/TB Ortho. acutum TB Ortho. adiegetum TB Ortho. bellum TB Ortho. rotundum TB Ortho. singularum TB Ortho. violascens PD/xx Pseudoludia suavis TB Thierry Bouyer indicates the following are unconfirmed but are probably in Malawi: Holocerina orientalis Thierry does not recognize the genus Adafroptilum Darge. Those items followed by xx are also not recognized by Thierry for Malawi.

Attacini: Epiphora bauhiniae TB E. (magd.) imperator IT/TB Epiphora mythimnia RO/TB Epiphora pelosoma TB Saturniini: Argema mimosae WO/TB Bunaeini: Athletes ethra TB Athletes semialba IT/TB Aurivillius fuscus TB Aurivilius oberthuri IT/TB Aurivillius seydeli TB Bunaea alcinoe TB Bunaeo. aurantiaca IT/TB Bun. sp (aur. jaune) TB Bunaeopsis jacksoni TB Bunaeopsis phidias TB Bunaeopsis zaddachi TB Bunaeopsis nr zaddachi; TB Cinabra hyperbius IT/TB Gonimbrasia belina FI/TB Gonim. conradsi EVS/TB Gonim. rectilineata IT/TB Gonim. zambesina WO/TB Gon. (Nud.) dione IT/TB Gon. (Nud.) flammeola TB Gon. (Nud.) herbuloti TB Gon. (Nud.) lucidus TB Gon. (Nud.) macrops TB G. (N.) macrothyris IT/TB " (murphyi) nyassana TB Gon. (Nud.) perscitus TB G. (N.) rhodina RMCA/TB G. (N.) wahl. call. IT/TB Gynanisa abescens IT/TB Gynanisa murphyi TB Gynaisa nigra TB Gynanisa ata FI/TB Heniocha apollonia TB Heniocha dyops TB Heniocha marnois TB Imbrasia ertli WO/TB Imbrasia forda WO/TB Lobobunaea falcatissima TB Lobo. rosea werneri TB Lobobunaea saturnus TB Melanocera parva TB Melanocera sufferti EP/xx Protogyn. athletoides TK/TB Pseudi. deyrollei IT/TB Peudobunaea callista TB Pseudobunaea "irius" IT/TB Pseudobunaea pallens IT/TB Pseudob. parathyrrhena TB P. tyrrhena fumosa PD/TB Pseudob. tyrrhena sspTB Rohaniella pygmaea TB Ubaena dolabella IT/TB Urotini: Antistath. dal. rect. TB Pselaphelia laclosi TB Pseudaphelia ansorgei IT/xx Pseudaphelia flava TB Pseudap roseibrunnea TB P. apollinaris TB P. apollinaris dialitha IT/xx T. f. septentrionalis WO/TB Tagor. hanningtoni IT/TB Tagoropsis i. ikondae TB Tagoropsis i. murphyi TB Tagoropsis i. nyikensis TB Urota sinope IT/TB Usta terpsichore TB Usta t. subangulata EVS/xx Thierry Bouyer indicates the following are unconfirmed but are probably in Malawi: Cinabra bracteata Gonimbrasia anna Gynanisa jama Heniocha vingerhoedti Ubaena fuelleborniana Thierry does not recognize the genus Adafroptilum Darge. Those items followed by xx are also not recognized by Thierry for Malawi. Many thanks to Thierry Bouyer (TB) for his sharing of this list.

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