Imbrasia eblis bucholzi

Gonimbrasia (Nudaurelia) eblis bucholzi
Plotz, 1880

Gonimbrasia (Nudaurelia) eblis bucholzi male, courtesy of Ken Thorne.

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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: Imbrasia, Hubner, 1819 or
Genus: Nudaurelia Rothschild, 1895

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DISTRIBUTION:

Gonimbrasia (Nudaurelia) eblis bucholzi flies in Gold Coast (Ghana), and probably from Ivory Coast to western Cameroon. I do not know what distinguishes N. eblis eblis from N. eblis bucholzi, nor do I know where one population ends and the other begins.

Nudaurelia eblis bucholzi male, Ivory Coast, courtesy of John Kamps,
tentative id by Bill Oehlke.

FLIGHT TIMES AND LARVAL HOSTS:

Gonimbrasia (Nudaurelia) eblis bucholzi larval hosts are unknown.

ECLOSION, SCENTING AND MATING:

Both sexes are active at night. Males come in to lights around midnight when females are scenting.

EGGS, LARVAE, COCOONS AND PUPAE:

Pupation is in the soil in a subterranean chamber.

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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