DISTRIBUTION:

Bunaeopsis hersilioides (wingspan: males: 86mm; females: probably larger) flies in Cameroon, and westward to Burkina Faso.

Thierry Bouyer, 1999, lists this moth as Incertae sedis.

FLIGHT TIMES AND PREFERRED FOOD PLANTS:

Bunaeopsis hersilioides larvae feed on Annona sengalensis.

ECLOSION, SCENTING AND MATING:

Bunaeopsis hersilioides males are active at night and come in to lights. Females have not been collected, but it is expected they scent at night and have a very strong ovipositing urge.

EGGS, LARVAE AND PUPAE:

Bunaeopsis hersilioides larvae feed on Annona sengalensis.

Pupation is in a subterranaean chamber excavated by the mature larva.

Listed below are the primary food plant(s) and alternate food plants listed in Stephen E. Stone's Foodplants of World Saturniidae. 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.

Annona sengalensis .......

Wild custard apple

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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 Bunaeopsis, indicates a similarity ('opsis' = looks like) to the Bunaea genus. That name is from the Greek and refers to a lobed hill-dweller.

The species name hersilioides indicates the moth resembles B. hersilia.