Gonimbrasia Explained

Gonimbrasia is a genus of moths in the family Saturniidae first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1878.^[1]

Species

• Gonimbrasia abayana (Rougeot, 1977)
• Gonimbrasia alcestris Weymer, 1907
• Gonimbrasia annulata Bouvier, 1936
• Gonimbrasia balachowskyi Rougeot, 1973
• Gonimbrasia belina (Westwood, 1849) – mopane worm
• Gonimbrasia birbiri (Bouvier, 1929)
• Gonimbrasia cocaulti Darge & Terral, 1993
• Gonimbrasia congolensis Bouvier, 1927
• Gonimbrasia conradsi Rebel, 1906
• Gonimbrasia deborah (Weymer, 1886)
• Gonimbrasia ellisoni Lemaire, 1962
• Gonimbrasia fletcheri Rougeot, 1960
• Gonimbrasia fucata Rougeot, 1978
• Gonimbrasia godarti Lemaire, 1971
• Gonimbrasia hecate Rougeot, 1955
• Gonimbrasia huebneri Kirby, 1877
• Gonimbrasia miranda Darge, 2005
• Gonimbrasia nictitans (Fabricius, 1775)
• Gonimbrasia osiris Druce, 1896
• Gonimbrasia pales (Weymer, 1909)
• Gonimbrasia rectilineata Sonthonnax, 1901
• Gonimbrasia ruandana Gaede, 1927
• Gonimbrasia said (Oberthuer, 1878)
• Gonimbrasia tyrrhea (Cramer, 1775)
• Gonimbrasia ufipana Strand, 1911
• Gonimbrasia ukerewensis Rebel, 1922
• Gonimbrasia xanthomma Rothschild, 1907
• Gonimbrasia zambesina (Walker, 1865)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Rougerie . R. . Collective of iBOL Saturniidae expert taxonomists . amp . 2009 . Online list of valid and available names of the Saturniidae of the World . Lepidoptera Barcode of Life.