Afromoths.net

Laelia bethuneana Strand, 1914

Permalink:LAELBETH
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
/filer/webapps/moths/media/images/A/acuta_Laelia_HTF_OUMNHa_01.jpg
Laelia acuta (1)
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).

Collenette C. L. & Carpenter G. D. H. 1933. New species, and descriptions of larvae, of Lymantriidae from Uganda.
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
/filer/webapps/moths/media/images/A/acuta_Laelia_HTF_OUMNHa_01.jpg
/filer/webapps/moths/media/images/A/acuta_Laelia_HTF_OUMNHb_01.jpg
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