Published October 16, 2023 | Version v1
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Laelia pyrrhothrix Collenette 1938

  • 1. Department of Biological Sciences, University of Zambia, P. O. Box 32379, Lusaka, Zambia
  • 2. Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Vautierstraat 29, 1000 Brussels, Belgium & Australian National Insect Collection, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Canberra, Australia

Description

Laelia pyrrhothrix Collenette, 1938

COMMON NAME(S): Tussock moth.

SYNONYM(S): None.

IUCN STATUS: Not Ealuated (NE).

DISTRIBUTION: Democratic Republic of Congo, Zambia.

LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: Lusaka, in Lusaka Province.

LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): Unknown.

SOURCES: Collenette 1938; De Prins & De Prins 2022.

Notes

Published as part of Mbata, Keith J. & Prins, Jurate De, 2023, Annotated checklist of moths of Zambia (Insecta: Lepidoptera), pp. 1-503 in Zootaxa 5354 (1) on page 371, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5354.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10130434

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Collenette
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Erebidae
Genus
Laelia
Species
pyrrhothrix
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Laelia pyrrhothrix Collenette, 1938 sec. Mbata & Prins, 2023

References

  • Collenette, C. L. (1938) New species of Lymantriidae (Lepidoptera, Heterocera) from the Haut Katanga and other localities. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 11, 1 (2), 209 - 223, pl. 9. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00222933808526757
  • De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2022) Afromoths, online database of Afrotropical moth species (Lepidoptera). World Wide Web electronic publication. Available from: https: // www. afromoths. net / (accessed 20 June 2023)