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LacewingMAP:   276
Province:   KwaZulu-Natal
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2732AB
Observer:   Bode J
Date of record:   2014-12-13
Number of photos:   1
Notes:  
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:43
Sp. code:   331580
Species name:   Zygophlebius leoninus
Common name:  
Family:   Psychopsidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LacewingMAP-276
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 276 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Mervyn Mansel
Comment:   this is a moth lacewing, also known as silky lacewings. This is the only species known from KZN. Nothing is known of its biology although the larvae probably live under bark on in detritis.
Date:   2014-12-23 08:29:45
Species name:   Zygophlebius leoninus
Species code:   331580

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