Gonimbrasia jefferyi Bouvier, 1930

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FAMILY Saturniidae
SUBFAMILY Saturniinae
GENUS Gonimbrasia
SPECIES jefferyi
AUTHORBouvier, 1930
ORIGINAL COMBINATIONB.[unaeopsis] jefferyi nov. sp.
TYPE LOCALITYKenya, Kitale, 02.iv.1927, leg. G. W. Jeffery.
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES /
TYPE SPECIMEN(S) Holotype ♂, BMNH; Allotype ♀, BMNH; Paratypes 3♂, 2♀, BMNH.
STATUS Species
COMMENTConsidered as bona species by Ph. Darge (2010d: 3).
PUBLICATION Bouvier E. L. 1930a. Seconde contribution à la connaissance des Saturnoïdes du Hill Museum. - Bulletin of the Hill Museum 4(1):1-116, pls 1-13.
PAGINATION 96-97; pl. 10, figs 1, 2

Species Distribution

COUNTRY PROVINCE/STATE PUBLICATION PAGE
Kenya   Bouvier E. L. 1930a. Seconde contribution à la connaissance des Saturnoïdes du Hill Museum. - Bulletin of the Hill Museum 4(1):1-116, pls 1-13. 97

Host Plants

FAMILY SPECIES COUNTRY PUBLICATIONPAGE
Anacardiaceae Mangifera sp. East Africa Sevastopulo D. G. 1976. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). - Bulletin of the Amateur Entomologists' Society 35(311):94-100; (313) 177-195. 96 (as jeffereyi)
Anacardiaceae Rhus sp. East Africa Sevastopulo D. G. 1976. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). - Bulletin of the Amateur Entomologists' Society 35(311):94-100; (313) 177-195. 96 (as jeffereyi)