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Updated as per T. Bouyer's Catalogue, 1999, April 4, 2006 Updated as per E. Pinhey's Emperor Moths of South and South-central Africa, April 4, 2006 Updated as per personal communication with Nigel Voaden (Sakania, Katanga, DRC, December 3, 2013); August 20, 2014 |
Decachorda rosea male courtesy of Kirby Wolfe.
Decachorda rosea?? male, Ruizi, Mbarara, Ankole, Uganda,
March 19, 1966, Cornell University Collection, courtesy of Ryan Saint-Laurent,
tentative id by Bill Oehlke.
Decachorda rosea?? male, Ruizi, Mbarara, Ankole, Uganda,
September 27, 1965, Cornell University Collection, courtesy of Ryan Saint-Laurent,
tentative id by Bill Oehlke.
TAXONOMY:Superfamily: Bombycoidea Latreille, 1802 |
"Moon River" |
Pinhey, 1972, includes Zambia, Malawi, Kenya ??, Angola, Shaba (Katanga), DRC, and East Africa in its range.
I suspect it is also in Tanzania, Rwanda and Burrundi.
Thierry Bouyer indicates it may fly in Gabon.
Pinhey, 1972, describes this species as pink to reddish pink, sometimes with a yellow tint to basal area. There is no am line and the pm line is usually almost straight and maybe brown or orange (yellow) and brown. The cell spots in his images are only weakly outlined. I am not completely confident that the moth depicted above is D. rosea; it seems a better match for D. pomona.
Pinhey mentions, however, that he is not completely confident that his description applies to true pomona.
The moth depicted directly below seems a much better match for Decachorda rosea.
Decachorda rosea male, Sakania, Democratic Republic of the Congo,
December 3, 2013, courtesy of Nigel Voaden.
Decachorda rosea larvae feed on Hyparrhenia.
Orange brown larvae are reported to be very hairy, like the Arctiidae, even curling into a ring when disturbed.D. rosea larva from Pinhey's Emperor Moths of South and South-Central Africa, 1972, on my home computer only. |
Hyparrhenia...... |
Thatching grass |
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merely a suggestion.
There are many collectors from different countries whose
intonations and accents would be different.
The species name "rosea" refers to the pinkish tinge of this
species.