Latoia viridimixta Janse, 1964

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

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scientific name	Latoia viridimixta Janse, 1964
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COMMON NAME (S): Slug-caterpillar moth or Cup-cocoon moth. SYNONYM(S): None. IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE). DISTRIBUTION: Democratic Republic of Congo , Nigeria , South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe. LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: Type locality of the taxon not clear, recorded as “N and S Rhodesia [now Zambia and Zimbabwe]”. It could be in either of these two countries or at their shared border in such areas as Chirundu or Livingstone

( Victoria Falls area), which are ports of entry for visitors to the two countries. LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): Host plants include Musanga cecropioides R.Br. ex Tedlie (Urticaceae) , Lagerstroemia flos-reginae Retz.

(Lythraceae), Uapaca sp. (Phyllanthaceae) and Lagerstroemia sp. (Lythraceae) . SOURCES: African Moths 2019; De Prins & De Prins 2022; Janse 1964.