Gonimbrasia krucki (Hering, 1930)
| FAMILY | Saturniidae |
| SUBFAMILY | Saturniinae |
| GENUS | Gonimbrasia |
| SPECIES | krucki |
| AUTHOR | (Hering, 1930) |
| ORIGINAL COMBINATION | Nudaurelia krucki spec. nov. |
| TYPE LOCALITY | [Kenya], Cherangani Hills, 25 miles S of Mt Elgon, 2000 m, leg. Kruck. |
| GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES | Latitude: 1°8'3" Longitude: 34°32'0" |
| TYPE SPECIMEN(S) | Syntypes ♂, ♀, MfN. |
| STATUS | Species |
| PUBLICATION | Hering E. M. 1930b. Neue und alte Lepidopteren. - Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin 16(4):513-522, pls 7-8. |
| PAGINATION | 518-519; pl. 8, figs 1, 2 |
Species pictures
Species Distribution
| COUNTRY | PROVINCE/STATE | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
| Kenya | Hering E. M. 1930b. Neue und alte Lepidopteren. - Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin 16(4):513-522, pls 7-8. | 519 | |
| Tanzania | Darge Ph. 2008c. A provisional checklist of the Saturniidae (Emperor Moths) of Tanzania (Lepidoptera, Saturniidae). - Saturnafrica 1:25-30. | 29 | |
| Uganda | P. Basquin |
Host Plants
| FAMILY | SPECIES | COUNTRY | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
| Anacardiaceae | Schinus molle | Kenya | Gardner J. C. M. 1957. An annotated list of East African forest insects. - — :1-47. | 38 |
| Myrtaceae | Eucalyptus citriodora | Kenya | Gardner J. C. M. 1957. An annotated list of East African forest insects. - — :1-47. | 38 |
| Myrtaceae | Eucalyptus sp. | East Africa | Sevastopulo D. G. 1983. Species of Eucalyptus as food plants for Lepidoptera in East Africa. - Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 37(3):91-92. | 91 |
| Apocynaceae | Acokanthera 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 |
