Micraphe lateritia Karsch, 1896c

Mbata, Keith J. & Prins, Jurate De, 2023, Annotated checklist of moths of Zambia (Insecta: Lepidoptera), Zootaxa 5354 (1), pp. 1-503 : 60

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5354.1.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:FC63AC45-A87B-4AEC-94BB-68DE56FBD6F6
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17343082
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/553187B2-C475-FFE2-62F6-FF6CFD28985E
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Micraphe lateritia Karsch, 1896c
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Micraphe lateritia Karsch, 1896c View in CoL

COMMON NAME(S): Rosy Slug.

SYNONYM(S): Miresa coccinea Hampson, 1910b View in CoL ; Miresa haematoessa Hampson, 1910b View in CoL ; Miresa intensior Rothschild, 1921b View in CoL .

IUCN STATUS: Not Evaluated (NE).

DISTRIBUTION: Botswana, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, South Africa, South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

LOCALITY IN ZAMBIA: Kabwe, in Central Province; Kafue, in Lusaka Province.

LARVAL HOSTPLANT(S): Larval foodplants include: one Myrtaceae species, Syzygium cumini (L.) Skeels; two Euphorbiaceae species, Aleurites sp. and Ricinus communis L.; two Fabaceae species, Bauhinia sp. and Brachystegia spiciformis Benth. and one Anacardiaceae species, Schinus mole L.

SOURCES: De Prins & De Prins 2022; Pinhey 1975.