Gonimbrasia tyrrhea (Cramer, 1775)

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FAMILY Saturniidae
SUBFAMILY Saturniinae
GENUS Gonimbrasia
SPECIES tyrrhea
AUTHOR(Cramer, 1775)
ORIGINAL COMBINATION[Attacus] Tyrrhea
TYPE LOCALITY[South Africa, Cape Province], Cape.
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES /
TYPE SPECIMEN(S) Holotype ♀.
STATUS Species
PUBLICATION Cramer P. 1775-1776. De uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in de drie waereld-deelen Asia, Africa en America, by een verzameld en beschreeven door den heer Pieter Cramer (etc.). - — 1(1-8):i-xxx, 1-156, pls 1-96.
PAGINATION 71; pl. xlvi, fig. A Bhl

Species pictures

Synonyms

NAME AUTHOR STATUS
rubrescens (Rebel, 1931) Synonym of species

Species Distribution

COUNTRY PROVINCE/STATE PUBLICATION PAGE
Congo     LepIndex
Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Katanga Bouvier E. L. 1931. Sur une collection de saturnides du Congo belge. - Revue de Zoologie et Botanique Africaines 20(4):343-348. 346 (as rubra)
Kenya   Fawcett J. M. 1915. Notes on a collection of Heterocera made made by Mr. W. Feather in British East Africa, 1911-12. - Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1915(1):91-113, pls 1-2. 101
Lesotho   Kopij G. 2006. Lepidoptera fauna of Lesotho. - Acta zoologica cracoviensia 49B(1-2):137-180. 158
Namibia   Oberprieler R. G. 1995. The emperor moths of Namibia. - — :i-ix, 1-91. 64
South Africa Western Cape Cramer P. 1775-1776. De uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in de drie waereld-deelen Asia, Africa en America, by een verzameld en beschreeven door den heer Pieter Cramer (etc.). - — 1(1-8):i-xxx, 1-156, pls 1-96. pl. 46
South Africa Eastern Cape Taylor J. S. 1946. Food-plants of some South African Lepidoptera. - Journal of the entomological Society of Southern Africa 9(1):45-48. 46
South Africa KwaZulu-Natal Wallengren H. D. J. 1856. Anteckningar I Zoologien. I. Kafferlandets Macrolepidoptera-fauna. - — :1-97. 13
South Africa Free State Oberprieler R. G. 1995. The emperor moths of Namibia. - — :i-ix, 1-91. 64
South Africa Gauteng Buckle A. S. 1908. Notes on a collection of Lepidoptera from Aden and from the Transvaal. - The Entomologist 41(536):7-10. 10
Tanzania   Darge Ph. 2008a. Contribution to the biodiversity of the Albertine Rift in Tanzania: some data on the Lepidoptera Saturniidae and Sphingidae. - Saturnafrica 1:4-15. 4 (as rubra)
Zambia   Pinhey E. C. G. 1972b. Emperor moths of South and South-Central Africa. - — :i-xi, 1-150, pls 1-43. 86 (as rubra)
Zimbabwe   Pinhey E. C. G. 1972b. Emperor moths of South and South-Central Africa. - — :i-xi, 1-150, pls 1-43. 82

Host Plants

FAMILY SPECIES COUNTRY PUBLICATIONPAGE
Fabaceae Acacia mollissima South Africa Platt E. E. 1921. List of foodplants of some South African lepidopterous larvae. - South African Journal of Natural History 3(1):65-138. 67
Fabaceae Acacia karroo South Africa Taylor J. S. 1946. Food-plants of some South African Lepidoptera. - Journal of the entomological Society of Southern Africa 9(1):45-48. 46
Phyllanthaceae Uapaca kirkiana South Africa Pinhey E. C. G. 1972b. Emperor moths of South and South-Central Africa. - — :i-xi, 1-150, pls 1-43. 86
Phyllanthaceae Uapaca nitida South Africa Pinhey E. C. G. 1972b. Emperor moths of South and South-Central Africa. - — :i-xi, 1-150, pls 1-43. 86
Pinaceae Pinus radiata Kenya Gardner J. C. M. 1957. An annotated list of East African forest insects. - — :1-47. 39
Fabaceae Acacia karroo Namibia Oberprieler R. G. 1995. The emperor moths of Namibia. - — :i-ix, 1-91. 64
Ebenaceae Euclea pseudebenus Namibia Oberprieler R. G. 1995. The emperor moths of Namibia. - — :i-ix, 1-91. 64
Anacardiaceae Ozoroa concolor Namibia Oberprieler R. G. 1995. The emperor moths of Namibia. - — :i-ix, 1-91. 64
Ebenaceae Diospyros lycioides South Africa Oberprieler R. G. 1995. The emperor moths of Namibia. - — :i-ix, 1-91. 64
Anacardiaceae Schinus molle South Africa Oberprieler R. G. 1995. The emperor moths of Namibia. - — :i-ix, 1-91. 64
Salicaceae Salix babylonica South Africa Oberprieler R. G. 1995. The emperor moths of Namibia. - — :i-ix, 1-91. 64
Fabaceae Acacia mearnsii South Africa Prinsloo G. L. & Uys V. M. (Eds.) 2015. Insects of cultivated plants and natural pastures in Southern Africa. - — :i-xiv, 1-785. 605
Myrtaceae Eucalyptus sp. South Africa Prinsloo G. L. & Uys V. M. (Eds.) 2015. Insects of cultivated plants and natural pastures in Southern Africa. - — :i-xiv, 1-785. 639
Fabaceae Acacia mearnsii Kenya Austara O. & Jones T. 1971. Host list and distribution of lepidopterous defoliators of exotic softwoods in East Africa. - East African Agricultural and Forestry Journal 36:401-413. 404
Pinaceae Pinus patula Kenya Austara O. & Jones T. 1971. Host list and distribution of lepidopterous defoliators of exotic softwoods in East Africa. - East African Agricultural and Forestry Journal 36:401-413. 404
Anacardiaceae Schinus molle Kenya Townsend A. L. H. 1942. Further notes (No. 3) on the early stages of Heterocera bred in the Nakuru District. - Journal of the East Africa and Uganda Natural History Society 42(4-5):197-219. 205
Fabaceae Acacia 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. 97
Fabaceae Acacia sp. Kenya Townsend A. L. H. 1942. Further notes (No. 3) on the early stages of Heterocera bred in the Nakuru District. - Journal of the East Africa and Uganda Natural History Society 42(4-5):197-219. 205

*   Description of the larva in A. L. H. Townsend (1942: 205).

Species Parasitoids

FAMILYSPECIESCOUNTRYPUBLICATION
Eupelmidae Mesocomys pulchriceps South Africa Van den Berg M. A. 1970. The biology and development of Mesocomys pulchriceps Cam. (Hymenoptera: Eupelmidae) a parasite of the eggs of Saturniidae (Lepidoptera) in South Africa. - Phytophylactica 2(2):137-144.