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- Gonometa_postica abstract "Gonometa postica (Walker, 1855), known commonly as the African wild silk moth, burn worm, and brandwurm, is a large species of African moth belonging to the family Lasiocampidae. The genus Gonometa boasts some very large moths and larvae; Gonometa sjostedti from Africa has a larva 16 centimeters long, for example. Most of the Lasiocampidae are highly sexually dimorphic. In G. postica the forewing of the male measures 21–25 mm and of the female 35–42 mm.Gonometa postica and Argema mimosae cocoons are traditionally used as ankle rattles in southern Africa by San and Bantu tribes. They are filled with materials such as fine gravel, seeds, glass beads, broken sea shells, or pieces of ostrich eggshell.The species has become notable for producing a fine quality wild silk in its cocoon. The cocoons are harvested commercially in Namibia, Botswana, Kenya and South Africa, and the species also occurs in Zimbabwe and Mozambique. An Oxford University research team found that the cocoon surfaces are covered with calcium oxalate, hindering their commercial utilisation. They discovered and patented a method known as demineralizing using a warm solution of EDTA (ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid), softening the cocoons by dissolving the sericin, permitting the silk to be unravelled with no appreciable loss of strength. Cocoons are also sexually dimorphic, with those of females being roughly twice the size of those of males, thus yielding more silk. Sex ratios in natural populations will clearly play a large role in the harvesting of cocoons.The larvae are quite variable in their patterning and, like many of the genus, are covered in irritating setae, or hairs. The larva is black with lateral tufts of white, yellow or orange. It has been recorded feeding on Acacia, Brachystegia, Elephantorrhiza, Pinus radiata, and Julbernardia. Another silk-producing member of the genus is Gonometa rufobrunnea (Aurivillius, 1927), which feeds almost exclusively on Colophospermum mopane. G. postica larvae and pupae are subject to parasitism by Diptera and Hymenoptera, the most common parasitoids being Palexorista species from the Tachinidae and Goryphus species from the Ichneumonidae.The cocoons have long been known to cause the death of cattle, antelope and other ruminants in the Kalahari. During drought periods, the cocoons are eaten, probably because they resemble acacia pods. The silk is indigestible and blocks the rumen of multiple-stomach animals, causing starvation.In Madagascar, wild silk has been harvested for centuries, and this expertise has been introduced to southern Africa. A feasibility study was funded by Oxfam and the Namibian Ministry of Agriculture, and a pilot project was started in Leonardville. A number of other moth species suited to silk harvesting are Attacus atlas, Antheraea mylitta, Antheraea pernyi, Cricula andrei, and Samia canningi.Gonometa fibroin is rich in basic amino acids, making it a potentially useful biomaterial in cell and tissue culture.".
- Gonometa_postica binomialAuthority Francis_Walker_(entomologist).
- Gonometa_postica class Insect.
- Gonometa_postica family Lasiocampidae.
- Gonometa_postica genus Gonometa.
- Gonometa_postica kingdom Animal.
- Gonometa_postica order Lepidoptera.
- Gonometa_postica phylum Arthropod.
- Gonometa_postica synonym "*Gonometa effusa (Walker, 1865)".
- Gonometa_postica synonym "*Gonometa marginata (Walker 1881)".
- Gonometa_postica thumbnail Gonometa_postica05.jpg?width=300.
- Gonometa_postica wikiPageExternalLink KalahariTransfrontierPark-Botswana-Raupe-der-Afrikanischen-Seidenmotte-Gonometa-postica.
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- Gonometa_postica wikiPageLength "6334".
- Gonometa_postica wikiPageOutDegree "60".
- Gonometa_postica wikiPageRevisionID "693752791".
- Gonometa_postica wikiPageWikiLink Acacia.
- Gonometa_postica wikiPageWikiLink Africa.
- Gonometa_postica wikiPageWikiLink Animal.
- Gonometa_postica wikiPageWikiLink Antheraea_mylitta.
- Gonometa_postica wikiPageWikiLink Antheraea_pernyi.
- Gonometa_postica wikiPageWikiLink Argema_mimosae.
- Gonometa_postica wikiPageWikiLink Arthropod.
- Gonometa_postica wikiPageWikiLink Attacus_atlas.
- Gonometa_postica wikiPageWikiLink Biomaterial.
- Gonometa_postica wikiPageWikiLink Botswana.
- Gonometa_postica wikiPageWikiLink Brachystegia.
- Gonometa_postica wikiPageWikiLink Calcium_oxalate.
- Gonometa_postica wikiPageWikiLink Category:Gonometa.
- Gonometa_postica wikiPageWikiLink Category:Moths_described_in_1855.
- Gonometa_postica wikiPageWikiLink Category:Moths_of_Africa.
- Gonometa_postica wikiPageWikiLink Category:Silk_production.
- Gonometa_postica wikiPageWikiLink Cricula_trifenestrata.
- Gonometa_postica wikiPageWikiLink Demineralizing_(silk_worm_cocoon).
- Gonometa_postica wikiPageWikiLink Drino_(fly).
- Gonometa_postica wikiPageWikiLink Elephantorrhiza.
- Gonometa_postica wikiPageWikiLink Ethylenediaminetetraacetic_acid.
- Gonometa_postica wikiPageWikiLink Fibroin.
- Gonometa_postica wikiPageWikiLink Fly.
- Gonometa_postica wikiPageWikiLink Francis_Walker_(entomologist).
- Gonometa_postica wikiPageWikiLink Gonometa.
- Gonometa_postica wikiPageWikiLink Gonometa_rufobrunnea.
- Gonometa_postica wikiPageWikiLink Gonometa_sjostedti.
- Gonometa_postica wikiPageWikiLink Hymenoptera.
- Gonometa_postica wikiPageWikiLink Ichneumonidae.
- Gonometa_postica wikiPageWikiLink Insect.
- Gonometa_postica wikiPageWikiLink Julbernardia.
- Gonometa_postica wikiPageWikiLink Kalahari_Desert.
- Gonometa_postica wikiPageWikiLink Kenya.
- Gonometa_postica wikiPageWikiLink Lasiocampidae.
- Gonometa_postica wikiPageWikiLink Leonardville,_Namibia.
- Gonometa_postica wikiPageWikiLink Lepidoptera.
- Gonometa_postica wikiPageWikiLink Madagascar.
- Gonometa_postica wikiPageWikiLink Mopane.
- Gonometa_postica wikiPageWikiLink Mozambique.
- Gonometa_postica wikiPageWikiLink Namibia.
- Gonometa_postica wikiPageWikiLink Oxfam.
- Gonometa_postica wikiPageWikiLink Parasitism.
- Gonometa_postica wikiPageWikiLink Parasitoid.
- Gonometa_postica wikiPageWikiLink Per_Olof_Christopher_Aurivillius.
- Gonometa_postica wikiPageWikiLink Pinus_radiata.
- Gonometa_postica wikiPageWikiLink Pupa.
- Gonometa_postica wikiPageWikiLink Rumen.
- Gonometa_postica wikiPageWikiLink Samia_canningi.
- Gonometa_postica wikiPageWikiLink Sericin.
- Gonometa_postica wikiPageWikiLink Seta.
- Gonometa_postica wikiPageWikiLink Sexual_dimorphism.
- Gonometa_postica wikiPageWikiLink South_Africa.
- Gonometa_postica wikiPageWikiLink Tachinidae.
- Gonometa_postica wikiPageWikiLink University_of_Oxford.
- Gonometa_postica wikiPageWikiLink Wild_silk.
- Gonometa_postica wikiPageWikiLink Zimbabwe.
- Gonometa_postica wikiPageWikiLink File:Gonometa_postica00.jpg.
- Gonometa_postica wikiPageWikiLink File:Gonometa_postica01.jpg.
- Gonometa_postica wikiPageWikiLinkText "Gonometa postica".
- Gonometa_postica binomial "Gonometa postica".
- Gonometa_postica binomialAuthority "Walker, 1855".
- Gonometa_postica classis "Insecta".
- Gonometa_postica familia Lasiocampidae.
- Gonometa_postica genus "Gonometa".
- Gonometa_postica imageCaption "male and female".
- Gonometa_postica ordo Lepidoptera.
- Gonometa_postica phylum "Arthropoda".
- Gonometa_postica regnum "Animalia".
- Gonometa_postica species "G. postica".
- Gonometa_postica synonyms "*Gonometa effusa (Walker, 1865) *Gonometa marginata (Walker 1881)".
- Gonometa_postica wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Italic_title.
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- Gonometa_postica wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Taxobox.
- Gonometa_postica subject Category:Gonometa.
- Gonometa_postica subject Category:Moths_described_in_1855.
- Gonometa_postica subject Category:Moths_of_Africa.
- Gonometa_postica subject Category:Silk_production.
- Gonometa_postica hypernym Species.
- Gonometa_postica type Animal.
- Gonometa_postica type Eukaryote.
- Gonometa_postica type Insect.
- Gonometa_postica type Species.