Pseudobunaea natalensis (Aurivillius, 1893)

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FAMILY Saturniidae
SUBFAMILY Saturniinae
GENUS Pseudobunaea
SPECIES natalensis
AUTHOR(Aurivillius, 1893)
ORIGINAL COMBINATIONBunaea natalensis n. sp.
TYPE LOCALITY[South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal], Port Natal [Durban], leg. M. Gueinzius.
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES Latitude: -29°51'31" Longitude: 31°1'18"
TYPE SPECIMEN(S) Syntypes ♂, ♀, MfN.
STATUS Species
PUBLICATION Aurivillius C. 1893. Diagnosen neuer Lepidopteren aus Afrika. - Entomologisk Tidskrift 14(3):199-214.
PAGINATION 203-204 Bhl

Species Distribution

COUNTRY PROVINCE/STATE PUBLICATION PAGE
Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Katanga Rougeot P.-C. & Allard V. 1966. Note sur une collection de Lépidoptères Attacidae du Katanga. - Lambillionea 66(1-2):1-13. 11
Mozambique   Takano H. & László G. M. 2022. A provisional list of the Saturniidae and Eupterotidae of the Maputo Special Reserve, Mozambique (Lepidoptera: Bombycoidea). - Saturnafrica 30:7-22, pls 1-6. 12
Nigeria   Aurivillius C. 1905b. Lieutnant A. Schultze's Sammlung von Lepidopteren aus West-Afrika. - Arkiv för Zoologi 2(12):1-47, pls 1-5. 33
South Africa KwaZulu-Natal Aurivillius C. 1893. Diagnosen neuer Lepidopteren aus Afrika. - Entomologisk Tidskrift 14(3):199-214. 204
Tanzania   Darge Ph. 2008c. A provisional checklist of the Saturniidae (Emperor Moths) of Tanzania (Lepidoptera, Saturniidae). - Saturnafrica 1:25-30. 30
Zimbabwe   Darge Ph. 2012f. Deux nouveaux Sphingidae de la côte orientale de l'Afrique (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Sphingidae, Smerinthinae, Smerinthini, Microclanis). - Saturnafrica 12:33-35, pl. G. 5

Host Plants

FAMILY SPECIES COUNTRY PUBLICATIONPAGE
Fabaceae Bauhinia reticulata Nigeria Aurivillius C. 1905b. Lieutnant A. Schultze's Sammlung von Lepidopteren aus West-Afrika. - Arkiv för Zoologi 2(12):1-47, pls 1-5. 33
Sapindaceae Deinbollia 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. 98
Fabaceae Bauhinia reticulata West Africa Schultze A. 1914. Zur Kenntnis der ersten Stände von einigen west- und zentralafrikanischen Heteroceren. - Archiv für Naturgeschichte (A) 80(1):144-163, pls 1-3; (2): 119-135. 159
Annonaceae Annona senegalensis West Africa Schultze A. 1914. Zur Kenntnis der ersten Stände von einigen west- und zentralafrikanischen Heteroceren. - Archiv für Naturgeschichte (A) 80(1):144-163, pls 1-3; (2): 119-135. 159
Caesalpiniaceae Brachystegia randii 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. 71

*   Description of the larva in A. Schultze (1914: 159).