Gonimbrasia mbiziana

Gonimbrasia mbiziana
Darge, 2010

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:

Gonimbrasia mbiziana flies in
western Tanzania: Rukwa Region, Mbizi Mts. Forest Reserve, 07°53.576'S 031°14.733'E; at elevations near 2236 m.

FLIGHT TIMES AND PREFERRED FOOD PLANTS:

Gonimbrasia mbiziana moth flies in the month of November, and probably in other months.

ECLOSION, SCENTING AND MATING:

Eclosion is from underground pupae.
Both sexes fly at night with the males coming in to lights around midnight, the scenting time of the females.

EGGS, LARVAE, COCOONS AND PUPAE:


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 species name, "mbiziana" is indicative of a specimen type locale in Tanzania: Rukwa Region, Mbizi Mts. Forest Reserve.