Atlas of African Lepidoptera

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LepiMAP:   3695
Province:   Gauteng
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2528CD
Observer:   Willis C.K.
Date of record:   2008-10-11
Number of photos:   1
Notes:   Alt. 1466 m asl. Moth. cf. Ligdia batesii (Bates Carpet).
Last updated:   0000-00-00 00:00:00
Sp. code:   549880
Species name:   Ligdia batesii
Common name:  
Family:   GEOMETRIDAE
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LepiMAP-3695
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 3695 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Hermann Staude
Comment:   Ligdia batesii, Ennominae, Geometridae. This is not a carpet moth (Larentiinae) but a thorn moth (Ennominae)-so the term Bates Carpet is misleading.
Date:   2009-05-14 15:53:51
Species name:  
Species code:   0
Comment number:   2
By:   Fanie Rautenbach
Comment:  
Date:   2014-07-18 08:27:08
Species name:   Ligdia batesii
Species code:   549880
Comment number:   3
By:   Hanna Roland
Comment:  
Date:   2022-02-25 20:54:30
Species name:   Ligdia batesii
Species code:   549880

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