Laetilia Hebraica
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''Laetilia hebraica'' is a species of
snout moth The Pyralidae, commonly called pyralid moths, snout moths or grass moths, are a family of Lepidoptera in the ditrysian superfamily Pyraloidea. In many (particularly older) classifications, the grass moths (Crambidae) are included in the Pyralida ...
in the genus ''
Laetilia ''Laetilia'' is a genus of snout moths. It was described by Émile Louis Ragonot in 1889. Biology The larvae feed on various scale insects and occasionally flowers of scale infested plants. Species * '' Laetilia amphimetra'' Meyrick, 1939 * '' ...
''. It was described by
Joseph de Joannis Joseph de Joannis (6 June 1864 La Meignanne, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire – 27 October 1932 Paris) was a French clergyman and lepidopterist. De Joannis was the president of the Société entomologique de France from 1908 to 1916. His father ...
in 1927. It is found in
Mozambique Mozambique (), officially the Republic of Mozambique ( pt, Moçambique or , ; ny, Mozambiki; sw, Msumbiji; ts, Muzambhiki), is a country located in southeastern Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi ...
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Endemic fauna of Mozambique Moths described in 1927 Phycitini Lepidoptera of Mozambique Moths of Sub-Saharan Africa {{Phycitini-stub