Latoia albicosta
Appearance
Latoia albicosta | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Limacodidae |
Genus: | Latoia |
Species: | L. albicosta
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Binomial name | |
Latoia albicosta (Hampson, 1910)
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Latoia albicosta, also known as white edged latoia, is a moth in the genus Latoia in the family Limacodidae.
Distribution
[edit]Latoia albicosta occurs in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.[1]
Larval foodplants
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Celtis_sinensis3.jpg/220px-Celtis_sinensis3.jpg)
The larval foodplant of L. albicosta is Celtis.
References
[edit]- ^ "Latoia albicosta (Hampson, 1910)". African Moths. Retrieved 15 October 2022.