Published October 16, 2023 | Version v1
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Laetonima smithi Laszlo 2020

  • 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

Laetonima smithi László, 2020

COMMON NAME(S): Tuft moth or Nolid moth.

SYNONYM(S): None.

IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE).

DISTRIBUTION: Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: Type locality is Mutinondo Wilderness Area, 1460 m, Northern Province.

LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): Unknown.

SOURCES: De Prins & De Prins 2022; László 2020.

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 386, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5354.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10130434

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Laszlo
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Nolidae
Genus
Laetonima
Species
smithi
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Laetonima smithi Laszlo, 2020 sec. Mbata & Prins, 2023

References

  • Laszlo, G. M. (2020) Review of the genus Meganola Dyar, 1898 of Ivory Coast and adjacent areas with descriptions of 5 new species and several taxonomic updates (Lepidoptera, Nolidae, Nolinae) - Taxonomic studies on West African Nolinae I. Zootaxa, 4853 (2), 151 - 182. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4853.2.1
  • 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)