Bunaea aslauga

Bunaea aslauga
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Saturniidae
Genus:	Bunaea
Species:	B. aslauga
Binomial name
Bunaea aslauga Kirby, 1877
Synonyms
Bunaea camboueiOberthür, 1916 Bunaea densilineataOberthür, 1916 Bunaea diospyriMabille, 1879 Bunaea oberthuriBouvier, 1926 Bunaea plumicornisButler, 1882 Bunaea uraniaOberthür, 1916

Bunaea aslauga, the Madagascar emperor moth, is an African moth belonging to the family Saturniidae. The species was first described by William Forsell Kirby in 1877. It has been found in Kenya and in Madagascar ^[1]

It has a wingspan of 100–150 mm ^{[ citation needed ]}.

Food plants

One of its food plants is Intsia bijuga , ^[2] a species in the family Fabaceae.

Other host plants that can be tried are Ligustrum , Hedera and other Fabaceae.

References

1. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Bunaea aslauga Kirby, 1877". Afromoths. Retrieved November 11, 2018.
2. Aberlenc, Henri-Pierre; Andriamanantenina, Lanto; Faure, Eric; Lees, David; Minet, Joël; Ollivier, Laurence; Rafamantanantsoa, Casimir; Randrianandrasana, Maminirina; Razafindrakotomamonjy, Andrianantenaina (2007). "Le Radeau des Cimes au Parc national de Masoala (Madagascar). Première partie: éléments pour un inventaire des Lépidoptères" (PDF). Bulletin mensuel de la Société linnéenne de Lyon. 76 (6): 141–154. doi:10.3406/linly.2007.13658.