Laelia extorta (Distant, 1897) 
            Extorted Tussock, 
            SYNONYMS
            Dasychira extorta, Lymantria hera, Orgyia extorta,             
             
            SPECIES IN GENUS :- 89
                    acuta, atrifilata, batoides, bifascia, clarki, curvivirgata,  extorta, figlina, fracta, fusca, gwelila,  hampsoni, herbida, lignicolor, lunensis, municipalis, nigripulverea, ordinata, phenax, pluto, punctulata,   rogersi, rosea, subrosea, 
             
            DISTRIBUTION
             Burundi, Cameroon, DRCongo, Djibouti, Eritrea, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, 
             
            LARVAL FOODPLANTS
              Ficus natalensis, Ficus sur, Ficus thonningii,