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LepiMAP:   5199
Province:   Maputo
Country:   Mozambique
Locus:   2632BD
Observer:   Hyman M.J
Date of record:   2007-02-25
Number of photos:   1
Notes:   found this wing in the road and I dont see anything like it in my books.
Last updated:   2014-07-18 10:53:10
Sp. code:   523910
Species name:   Eudocima materna
Common name:  
Family:   EREBIDAE
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LepiMAP-5199
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 5199 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Hermann Staude
Comment:   Eudocima materna, Catocalinae, Noctuidae. This large owl moth has lovely silvery forewings - loose wings are often seen -probably from Bat victims.
Date:   2009-04-16 12:01:32
Species name:  
Species code:   0
Comment number:   2
By:   Fanie Rautenbach
Comment:  
Date:   2014-07-18 10:52:55
Species name:   Eudocima materna
Species code:   523910

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