Leipoxais peraffinis Holland , 1893a

Mbata, Keith J. & Prins, Jurate De, 2023, Annotated checklist of moths of Zambia (Insecta: Lepidoptera), Zootaxa 5354 (1), pp. 1-503 : 127

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5354.1.1
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treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Leipoxais peraffinis Holland , 1893a
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COMMON NAME (S): Related lappet.

SYNONYM(S): None.

IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE).

DISTRIBUTION: Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, South Africa, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: Lusaka and Kafue, in Lusaka Province.

LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): The African Moths (2019) webpage lists the following as larval foodplants of the taxon: two Combretaceae species, Combretum apiculatum Sond. and Quisqualis indica L.; one Meliaceae species, Ekebergia sp. ; one Apocynaceae species Landolphia sp. ; one Primulaceae species, Maesa lanceolata Forssk. ; one Musaceae species, Musa × paradisiaca L.; one Malvaceae species Theobroma cacao L.; one Euphorbiaceae species, Macaranga capensis (Baill.) Sim ; one Pinaceae species, Pinus patula Schiede ex Schltdl. & Cham. and one Vitaceae species, Rhoicissus tridentata (L.f.) Wild & R.B.Drumm.