Pseudobunaea epityrhena maculata

Pseudobunaea epityrhena maculata
Bouvier, 1930

Pseudobunaea epithyrena maculata male, 124mm, BOLD Systems.

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TAXONOMY:

Superfamily: Bombycoidea, Latreille, 1802
Family: Saturniidae, Boisduval, [1837] 1834
Subfamily: Saturniinae, Boisduval, [1837] 1834
Tribe: Bunaeini, Packard, 1902
Genus: Pseudobunaea, Bouvier, 1927

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DISTRIBUTION:

Pseudobunaea epityrhena maculata (wingspan: males: 116-124mm; females: ) flies in Kenya.

Pseudobunaea epithyrena maculata, 116mm, BOLD Systems.

FLIGHT TIMES AND PREFERRED FOOD PLANTS:

The Pseudobunaea epityrhena maculata moth flies in the months of .

Larvae probably feed on Brachystegia randi, Pterocarpus, Uapaca and Berlinia. Brachystegia spiciformis and Populus would probably also serve as larval hosts.

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


Listed below are primary food plant(s) and alternate food plants listed in Stephen E. Stone's Foodplants of World Saturniidae and/or on various internet sites. 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.

Berlinia
Brachystegia randi......
Pterocarpus
Uapaca
Brachystegia spiciformis......
Populus

Mnondo
Msasa
Mukwa
Wild loquat
Msasa
Poplar

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