Pseudobunaea natalensis (Aurivillius, 1893)

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Higher taxa:	Saturniidae (family)/  Saturniinae (subfamily)/  Bunaeini (tribe)/  Pseudobunaea (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	(Aurivillius, 1893)
Citation:	Bunaea natalensis n. sp.
Original genus:	Bunaea
Publication:	Aurivillius C. 1893. Diagnosen neuer Lepidopteren aus Afrika.
Journal:	Entomologisk Tidskrift
Volume:	14
Issue:	3
Pagination:	203–204
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12121252

Pseudobunaea natalensis (1)

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Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Pseudobunaea natalensis (Aurivillius, 1893)	Syntype	♂	MfN	Syntypes ♂, ♀, MfN.	South Africa	South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Port Natal [Durban], leg. M. Gueinzius.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Pseudobunaea natalensis (Aurivillius, 1893)	Congo, the Democratic Republic of the	Katanga	Rougeot P.-C. & Allard V. 1966. Note sur une collection de Lépidoptères Attacidae du Katanga. page 11
Pseudobunaea natalensis (Aurivillius, 1893)	Eswatini		page K. Braun
Pseudobunaea natalensis (Aurivillius, 1893)	Kenya		Stoneham H. F. 1962. A provisional check list of the African Saturnidae [sic] in the museum collections. Parts 1–5. page [10]
Pseudobunaea natalensis (Aurivillius, 1893)	Mozambique		Takano H. & László G. M. 2022b. A provisional list of the Saturniidae and Eupterotidae of the Maputo Special Reserve, Mozambique (Lepidoptera: Bombycoidea). page 12
Pseudobunaea natalensis (Aurivillius, 1893)	Nigeria		Aurivillius C. 1905b. Lieutnant A. Schultze's Sammlung von Lepidopteren aus West-Afrika. page 33
Pseudobunaea natalensis (Aurivillius, 1893)	South Africa	KwaZulu-Natal	Aurivillius C. 1893. Diagnosen neuer Lepidopteren aus Afrika. page 204
Pseudobunaea natalensis (Aurivillius, 1893)	Tanzania		Darge Ph. 2008c. A provisional checklist of the Saturniidae (Emperor Moths) of Tanzania (Lepidoptera, Saturniidae). page 30
Pseudobunaea natalensis (Aurivillius, 1893)	Zimbabwe		Darge Ph. 2012f. Deux nouveaux Sphingidae de la côte orientale de l'Afrique (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Sphingidae, Smerinthinae, Smerinthini, Microclanis). page 5

Plant note:

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

Schultze A. 1914. Zur Kenntnis der ersten Stände von einigen west- und zentralafrikanischen Heteroceren.

Scientific name	Plant	Plant Family	Country	Publication	URL
Pseudobunaea natalensis (Aurivillius, 1893)	Annona senegalensis	Annonaceae		Schultze A. 1914. Zur Kenntnis der ersten Stände von einigen west- und zentralafrikanischen Heteroceren. page 159
Pseudobunaea natalensis (Aurivillius, 1893)	Annona squamosa	Annonaceae	Kenya	Stoneham H. F. 1962. A provisional check list of the African Saturnidae [sic] in the museum collections. Parts 1–5. page [10]
Pseudobunaea natalensis (Aurivillius, 1893)	Bauhinia reticulata	Fabaceae	Nigeria	Aurivillius C. 1905b. Lieutnant A. Schultze's Sammlung von Lepidopteren aus West-Afrika. page 33
Pseudobunaea natalensis (Aurivillius, 1893)	Bauhinia reticulata	Fabaceae		Schultze A. 1914. Zur Kenntnis der ersten Stände von einigen west- und zentralafrikanischen Heteroceren. page 159
Pseudobunaea natalensis (Aurivillius, 1893)	Brachystegia randii	Caesalpiniaceae	South Africa	Platt E. E. 1921. List of foodplants of some South African lepidopterous larvae. page 71
Pseudobunaea natalensis (Aurivillius, 1893)	Deinbollia sp.	Sapindaceae		Sevastopulo D. G. 1976. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). page 98

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Pseudobunaea natalensis (1)

Pseudobunaea natalensis (2)

Pseudobunaea natalensis (3)

Pseudobunaea natalensis (4)

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination
Pseudobunaea lutea Van den Berg, 1972	Van den Berg, 1972	species	Misapplied	Pseudobunaea lutea