Xitsongwatsongwana xa gonimbrasia belina

Gonimbrasia belina i muxaka wa emperor moth lowu tumbulukaka eka tindzhawu leti kufumelaka ta dzonga wa Afrika . Xivungu xa yona lexikulu lexi dyiwaka, lexi tiviwaka tanihi mophane worm, madora, amacimbi “pigeon moth” kumbe masontja, xi dya ngopfu kambe ku nga ri matluka ya murhi wa mophane ntsena. Ti mophane worms i xihlovo xa nkoka xa ti protein eka votala eka ndzhawu liya. Muxaka lowu wu hlamuseriwe ro sungula hi sayense hi John O. Westwood hi 1849.

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Switsotswana leswi i swikulu naswona swina timpapa ta 120 mm. Timpapa tina mihlovo ya fawn kuya eka tinxaka ta rihlaza na buraweni kuya eka to tshwuka, na mabandhi mambirhi ya ntima na yo basa lawa ya hambanisaka swivati swa mahlo . Xivati xa mahlo xa orenji xi kona eka ripapa rin’wana ni rin’wana ra le ndzhaku . Ti moths ta xinuna tina ti feathery antennaes, leti tirhisiwaka ku kuma munghana. Ti larvae i ta ntima, ti peperiwile hi swikalo swa xirhendzevutani eka mabandhi ya rihlaza ro basa na yotshuka lawa ya cincanaka lawa yanga vonakiki, naswona ya hlomile hi misiha yo koma ya ntima kumbe yotshuka leyi funengetiweke hi voya byo basa byo basa.