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Mopane Moth (Gonimbrasia belina) (51859455539)🪲

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SpeciesLepidopteraSaturniidae
Arthropods

🪲Gonimbrasia belina

Gonimbrasia belina Westwood, 1849

モパネワーム（英語: Mopane worm) は南部アフリカに分布する学名 Gonimbrasia belina で知られるヤママユガ科のガの幼虫。南部アフリカではきわめてポピュラーな高タンパク源の食用昆虫である。

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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumArthropoda
  3. ›classInsecta
  4. ›orderLepidoptera
  5. ›familySaturniidae
  6. ›genusGonimbrasia
  7. ›speciesGonimbrasia belina
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  1. classInsects · Insecta
  2. orderButterflies & moths · Lepidoptera
  3. familySaturniidae
  4. genusGonimbrasia
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. subphylumHexapoda
  4. classInsects · Insecta
  5. subclassPterygota
  6. superorderAmphiesmenoptera
  7. orderButterflies & moths · Lepidoptera
  8. suborderGlossata
  9. superfamilyBombycoidea
  10. familySaturniidae
  11. genusGonimbrasia
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Gonimbrasia belina (de), モパネワーム (ja), Ver mopane (fr), Gonimbrasia belina (ru), Gonimbrasia belina (es), Gonimbrasia belina (nl) … and 11 more languages
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