Latoia latistriga ( Walker, 1855c )

Mbata, Keith J. & Prins, Jurate De, 2023, Annotated checklist of moths of Zambia (Insecta: Lepidoptera), Zootaxa 5354 (1), pp. 1-503 : 57-58

Latoia latistriga ( Walker, 1855c)

COMMON NAME (S): Broad Banded latoia.

SYNONYM(S): None.

IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE).

DISTRIBUTION: Kenya, Mozambique, Namibia , South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: Livingstone, in Southern Province.

LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): one Lecythidaceae , species, Barringtonia asiatica (L.) Kurz; one Celastraceae species, Celastrus sp. ; one Lythraceae species, Lagerstroemia indica L.; one Ochnaceae , Ochna sp. ; four Rosaceae , Malus pumila Mill. , Prunus armeniaca L., Prunus domestica L., and Prunus persica (L.) Batsch; one Euphorbiaceae species, Ricinus sp. ; one Sapotaceaespecies, Sideroxylon diospyroides Baker ; two Myrtaceae species Syzygium cumini (L.) Skeels and Eucalyptus sp. ; one Fabaceae , Acacia sp. ; one Sapindaceae species Acer sp. [Maple]; one Theaceae species, Camellia sp. ; One Celastraceae species, Putterlickia verrucose (E. Mey. ex Sond.) Szyszył. and one yet to be identified Fagaceae species, Quercus sp.

SOURCES: African Moths 2019; De Prins & De Prins 2022; Kopij 2014.