Laelia extorta ( Distant, 1897d )
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5354.1.1 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/553187B2-C53F-FEA8-62F6-FAA8FCDA9C12 |
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Laelia extorta ( Distant, 1897d ) |
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Laelia extorta ( Distant, 1897d)
COMMON NAME (S): Extorted Tussock, SYNONYM(S): Lymantria hera Druce, 1898 . IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE). DISTRIBUTION: Burundi, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti, Eritrea, Eswatini, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique,
Namibia View in CoL , South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe. LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: Livingstone, in Southern Province. LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): Pinhey (1975) reports a yet to be identified Moraceae View in CoL species i.e. Ficus sp. as host plant of the taxon. The
African Moths (2019) webpage, lists the following three Moraceae species, Ficus natalensis Hochst., F.
sur Forssk. and F. thonningii Blume , as larval foodplants of the taxon. SOURCES: African Moths 2019; De Prins & De Prins 2022; Pinhey 1975.
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Laelia extorta ( Distant, 1897d )
| Mbata, Keith J. & Prins, Jurate De 2023 |
sur Forssk.
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Lymantria hera
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