Gonimbrasia cocaulti
Updated as per Pinhey's Emperor Moths of South and South-Central Africa, 1972, May 10, 2006
Updated as per Bouyer's Catalogue of African Saturniidae, 1999, October 1, 2006
Updated as per personal communication with Thierry Bouyer, June 2006
Updated as per Global Mirror System of DNA Barcoding Analysis (locations and dates of BOLD submissions), December, 2011

Gonimbrasia cocaulti
gon-ihm-BRAY-zee-uhmmCOH-cault-eye
Darge and Terral, 1992

Gonimbrasia cocaulti male, Kenya,
108mm, on my home computer only.

This site has been created by Bill Oehlke at oehlkew@islandtelecom.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: Gonimbrasia, Butler, 1878

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DISTRIBUTION:

Thierry Bouyer indicates Gonimbrasia cocaulti (wingspan: males: 108mm; females: ??) flies in
southeastern Kenya near Voi and north of Rukanga. In his 1995 Catalogue the moth is treated as a subspecies of belina.
Kenya: Rock Side Camp: -3.739, 38.58, collected by R. Cocault, 1987-04-03 (Mirror).

More recently (June of 2006), it seems to be elevated to full species status. I will try to get a clarification.

This page will be updated as images and information become available. Currently I have very little informatin.

FLIGHT TIMES AND PREFERRED FOOD PLANTS:

Moths are on the wing in Kenya in early April, and probably at other times.

ECLOSION, SCENTING AND MATING:

Eclosion is from underground pupae.

EGGS, LARVAE AND PUPAE:

Larvae pupate under soil near base of trees.

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.

Some of the early describers/namers chose genus and species names indicating some character of the insect, but more often, they simply chose names from Greek or Roman mythology or history.

Those species names which end in "ensis" indicate a specimen locale, and those which end in "i", pronounced "eye", honour a contempory friend/collector/etc.

The genus name Gonimbrasia means "angled one liking rain" according to Pinhey.

The species name cocaulti is honourific for Cocault.