Latoia canescens (Walker, 1855)
| FAMILY | Limacodidae |
| SUBFAMILY | Limacodinae |
| GENUS | Latoia |
| SPECIES | canescens |
| AUTHOR | (Walker, 1855) |
| ORIGINAL COMBINATION | Somara canescens |
| TYPE LOCALITY | Sierra Leone, leg. D. F. Morgan. |
| GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES | / |
| TYPE SPECIMEN(S) | Syntypes 2♀, BMNH. |
| STATUS | Species |
| PUBLICATION | Walker F. 1855c. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part V.- Lepidoptera Heterocera. - — 5:i-iv, 977-1257. |
| PAGINATION | 1126 |
Species pictures
Species Distribution
| COUNTRY | PROVINCE/STATE | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
| Cameroon | Aurivillius C. 1904c. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Insektenfauna von Kamerun. 11. Lepidoptera Heterocera II. - Arkiv för Zoologi 2(4):1-68, pl. 1. | 46 | |
| Equatorial Guinea | Bioko | Aurivillius C. 1925b. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der zweiten Deutschen Zentralafrika-Expedition 1910-1911 unter Führung Adolf Friedrichs, Herzog zu Mecklenburg. Band 1 Zoologie, Lieferung 18, Lepidoptera IV. - — 1(18):1243-1359, pls 49-50. | 1344 |
| Sierra Leone | Walker F. 1855c. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part V.- Lepidoptera Heterocera. - — 5:i-iv, 977-1257. | 1126 |
Host Plants
| FAMILY | SPECIES | COUNTRY | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
| Fabaceae | Anthonotha macrophylla | MacNulty B. J. 1967. Outline life histories of some West African Lepidoptera. Part II Limacodidae. - Proceedings of the British Entomological and Natural History Society 1967:1-14. | 8 | |
| Euphorbiaceae | Alchornea cordifolia | MacNulty B. J. 1967. Outline life histories of some West African Lepidoptera. Part II Limacodidae. - Proceedings of the British Entomological and Natural History Society 1967:1-14. | 8 |
