Laelia batoides (Plötz, 1880)

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Permalink:	LAELBATO
Higher taxa:	Erebidae (family)/  Lymantriinae (subfamily)/  Orgyiini (tribe)/  Laelia (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	(Plötz, 1880)
Citation:	Euproctis ? Batoides nov. sp.
Original genus:	Euproctis
Publication:	Plötz C. 1880a. Verzeichniss der vom Prof. Dr. R. Buchholz in West-Afrika gesammelten Schmetterlinge.
Journal:	Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung
Volume:	41
Issue:	1–3
Pagination:	85
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8989459

Laelia batoides (1)

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Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Laelia batoides (Plötz, 1880)	Holotype	♂	MfN	Holotype ♂, MfN.	Cameroon	[Cameroon], W Africa, Bonjongo, v.1873, leg. R. Buchhholz.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Laelia batoides (Plötz, 1880)	Cameroon		Plötz C. 1880a. Verzeichniss der vom Prof. Dr. R. Buchholz in West-Afrika gesammelten Schmetterlinge. page 85
Laelia batoides (Plötz, 1880)	Congo, the Democratic Republic of the	North Kivu	Kiriakoff S. G. 1963a. Exploration du Parc Albert. Deuxième série. Lepidoptera Heterocera (partim). page 117
Laelia batoides (Plötz, 1880)	Malawi		Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 178 (as whitei)
Laelia batoides (Plötz, 1880)	Nigeria		Druce H. 1898b. Descriptions of some new species of Heterocera. page 209 (as whitei)
Laelia batoides (Plötz, 1880)	South Africa	Western Cape	page J. Heyns
Laelia batoides (Plötz, 1880)	South Africa	KwaZulu-Natal	Hampson G. F. 1905b. The moths of South Africa (part III). page 401
Laelia batoides (Plötz, 1880)	South Africa		Swinhoe C. 1903a. A revision of the Old World Lymantriidae in the national collection. page 467 (as whitei)
Laelia batoides (Plötz, 1880)	Uganda		Sevastopulo D. G. 1957d. Notes on the Heterocera of Kampala and neighbourhood (V). page 280
Laelia batoides (Plötz, 1880)	Zimbabwe		Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 178 (as whitei)

Scientific name	Plant	Plant Family	Country	Publication	URL
Laelia batoides (Plötz, 1880)	Smilax anceps	Smilacaceae	South Africa	Platt E. E. 1921. List of foodplants of some South African lepidopterous larvae. page 93 (for whitei; as Smilax kraussiana)
Laelia batoides (Plötz, 1880)	Smilax anceps	Smilacaceae		Sevastopulo D. G. 1975. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2 – moths (Heterocera). page 182 (as Smilax kraussiana)
Laelia batoides (Plötz, 1880)	Smilax sp.	Smilacaceae	South Africa	Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 178 (as whitei)

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Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination
Laelia whitei (Druce, 1898)	(Druce, 1898)	species	Synonym	Oecura whitei