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Gonimbrasia belina (mopane worm)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Gonimbrasia belina is a species of emperor moth which is native to the warmer parts of southern Africa. Its large edible caterpillar, known as the mopane worm or mopani worm, is an important source of protein for millions of indigenous southern Africans. The mopane tree is its primary food plant, but it is not exclusive to it.
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Prey / Diet

Carissa macrocarpa (amatungulu)[1]
Colophospermum mopane (Butterfly Tree)[2]
Mangifera indica (mango)[1]
Pinus radiata (Monterey pine)[1]
Sclerocarya birrea caffra (sclerocarya)[1]

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Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
♦ 2Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0