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Updated as per wiki/Pseudobunaea; January 21, 2014 |
Pseudobunaea kidugalensis male, 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 |
Wind Beneath My Wings |
With the advent of DNA barcoding analysis (2008), many new Saturniidae species have been named, including many Pseudobunaea species from the various mountain ranges in Tanzania.
The following link, Tanzania Pseudobunaea Comparison Chart, will hopefully help me
and others to determine species as they become available for posting.
I will be using information on Wiki Species and scientific journal publications to post information and write my own descriptions of the
Tanzanian Pseudobunaea. If you have digital images that you can submmit with data (wingspan, elevation, date, precise location), I will do my best to
confirm your ids or offer suggestions, and will incorporate your images, credited to you, into the respective files. Please help improve the scope and accuracy of
this site by submitting images. All photos remain the property of respective photographers.
Pupation is in the soil.
Acacia mearnsii |
Black wattle |
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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.
Many of these moths were placed, at one time, with
Lobobunaea, but Pseudobunaea lack spines (present on
Pseudobunaea tibia) on the legs, and the hindwing eyespot is
grey and/or black without the coppery colour of the Lobobunaea.
The species name, kidugalensis, is indicative of a specimen type locale in the Iringa Region, Kidugala, Tanzania, 09°08.518'S 034°37.530'E, 1755 m, January.