Gonimbrasia zambesina ( Walker, 1865b )

Mbata, Keith J. & Prins, Jurate De, 2023, Annotated checklist of moths of Zambia (Insecta: Lepidoptera), Zootaxa 5354 (1), pp. 1-503 : 162

Gonimbrasia zambesina ( Walker, 1865b) *

COMMON NAME (S): Zambezi Emperor Moth or Edible caterpillars (“Mumpa”, “Finamiembe”, and “Finamwenge” in “Bemba”, a Zambian local language).

SYNONYM(S): Thyella zambesia Felder, 1874 ; Saturnia said Oberth ̧r, 1878; Antheraea barcas Maassen & Weymer, 1881 ; Nudaurelia ringleri Wichgraf, 1906 ; Thyella rectilinea Oberth ̧r, 1910b; Thyella zanguebarica Oberth ̧r, 1910b.

IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE).

DISTRIBUTION: Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: Victoria Falls Region, in Southern Province ; Mansa, in Luapula Province ; Kopa **, in Mpika, Muchinga Province ; Kasama, in Northern Province ; Lusaka , in Lusaka Province.

LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): Larval foodplants include: one Anacardiaceae species ( Mangifera sp. ), one Apocynaceae species ( Nerium oleander L.), one Fabaceae species ( Poinciana sp. ) and one Ebenaceae species ( Diospyros mespiliformis

Hochst. ex A.DC.) in South Africa; one Ebenaceae species ( Diospyros mespiliformis Hochst. ex A.DC. )

in Namibia ( Oberprieler 1995) and; three Anacardiaceae species ( Rhus sp. , Ozoroa mucronata (Bernh.)

R. Fern. & A. Fern. and Schinus molle L.), one Rosaceae species ( Prunus spp. ), two Fabaceae species

( Delonix regia (Hook.) Raf. and Poinciana sp. ), one Verbenaceae species ( Petrea volubilis L.) and one

Ebenaceae species ( Diospyros mespiliformis Hochst. ex A.DC. ) in unnamed countries elsewhere in

Africa. Host plants of the taxon in Zambia include Julbernardia paniculata (Benth.) Troupin ( Mbata et al. 2002) .

SOURCES: De Prins & De Prins 2022; Hampson 1910c; Malaisse 1997; Mbata et al. 2002; Oberprieler 1995; Pinhey 1972b.

Genus Goodia Holland, 1893c