Laelia fracta Schaus & Clements, 1893

Mbata, Keith J. & Prins, Jurate De, 2023, Annotated checklist of moths of Zambia (Insecta: Lepidoptera), Zootaxa 5354 (1), pp. 1-503 : 370-371

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5354.1.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:FC63AC45-A87B-4AEC-94BB-68DE56FBD6F6
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scientific name	Laelia fracta Schaus & Clements, 1893
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Laelia fracta Schaus & Clements, 1893 View in CoL

COMMON NAME (S): Square Laelia .

SYNONYM(S): Laelia diascia Hampson, 1905b ; Laelia eos Hering, 1926 .

IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE).

DISTRIBUTION: Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Togo, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: Lusaka , in Lusaka Province.

LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): Larval foodplants include Various grasses ( Poaceae ) yet to be identified ( Pinhey, 1975), one Pinaceae species ( Pinus patula Schltdl. & Cham. ) and one yet to be identified Poaceae species ( Panicum sp. ) and

Cyperaceae View in CoL species ( Mariscus sp. ) ( Austara & Jones 1971). The African Moths (2019) webpage also includes rice, Oryza sativa View in CoL L. ( Poaceae View in CoL ) in this list as larval foodplants for the taxon.

SOURCES: African Moths 2019; Austara & Jones 1971; De Prins & De Prins 2022; Pinhey 1975.