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Laelia bethuneana Strand, 1914

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Higher taxa: Erebidae (family)/  Lymantriinae (subfamily)/  Orgyiini (tribe)/  Laelia (genus)/ 
Status:Accepted
Authorship:Strand, 1914
Citation:Laelia bethuneana m.
Original genus:Laelia
Publication:Strand E. 1914f. Neue Namen verschiedener Tiere.
Journal:Archiv für Naturgeschichte
Volume:80 (A)
Issue:1
Pagination:164
URL:https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13260073

Taxonomic note:

The objective replacement name for Laelia acuta Bethune-Baker, 1913.

Scientific name TypeStatus Gender Museum Description Country Locality Publication URL
Laelia bethuneana Strand, 1914 Holotype OUMNH Holotype ♀, OUMNH. Uganda Uganda, Damba Island, bred 24.ix.1911, leg. G. D. H. Carpenter.
Scientific name Country Province Publication URL
Laelia bethuneana Strand, 1914 Uganda Ssese Islands Bethune-Baker G. T. 1913b. Descriptions of new African Heterocera in the Oxford Museum. page 64 (as acuta)
Plant note:

Description of the larva in C. L. Collenette & H. G. D. Carpenter (1933: 268).

Scientific name Plant Plant Family Country Publication URL
Laelia bethuneana Strand, 1914 Elettaria cardamomum Zingiberaceae Sevastopulo D. G. 1975. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2 – moths (Heterocera). page 181
Scientific name Parasitoid Parasitoid Family Country Publication URL
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Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination
Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination
Laelia acuta Bethune-Baker, 1913 Bethune-Baker, 1913 species Misapplied Laelia acuta