Vernacular Names
The mopane worm is so called in English because it is usually found on the mopane tree, Colophospermum mopane. Other vernacular names for the caterpillars include:
- Botswana
- Kalanga:mashonja
- Setswana: phane
- South Africa
- Sepedi: mašotša (colloq) 1
- Tshivenda: mashonzha
- Xitsonga: matamani or masonja""
- Zambia
- muyaya (believed to be mopane worm) 2
- finkubala
- Zimbabwe
- Ndebele: macimbi
- Shona: madora or mashonja in Karanga
- Namibia
- Oshiwambo: omagungu
- Democratic Republic of Congo
- Kikongo: mingolo
The Latin name is sometimes given as Imbrasia belina, rather than Gonimbrasia belina. 3
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