Latoia viridimixta Janse, 1964
|
publication ID |
https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5354.1.1 |
|
publication LSID |
lsid:zoobank.org:pub:FC63AC45-A87B-4AEC-94BB-68DE56FBD6F6 |
|
persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/553187B2-C477-FFE0-62F6-FB5FFCE89C22 |
|
treatment provided by |
Plazi |
|
scientific name |
Latoia viridimixta Janse, 1964 |
| status |
|
Latoia viridimixta Janse, 1964 View in CoL
COMMON NAME (S): Slug-caterpillar moth or Cup-cocoon moth. SYNONYM(S): None. IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE). DISTRIBUTION: Democratic Republic of Congo , Nigeria , South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe. LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: Type locality of the taxon not clear, recorded as “N and S Rhodesia [now Zambia and Zimbabwe]”. It could be in either of these two countries or at their shared border in such areas as Chirundu or Livingstone
( Victoria Falls area), which are ports of entry for visitors to the two countries. LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): Host plants include Musanga cecropioides R.Br. ex Tedlie (Urticaceae) , Lagerstroemia flos-reginae Retz.
(Lythraceae), Uapaca sp. (Phyllanthaceae) and Lagerstroemia sp. (Lythraceae) . SOURCES: African Moths 2019; De Prins & De Prins 2022; Janse 1964.
No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.
|
Kingdom |
|
|
Phylum |
|
|
Class |
|
|
Order |
|
|
Family |
|
|
Genus |