Atlas of African Lepidoptera

Record details

LepiMAP:   618234
Province:   KwaZulu-Natal
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2931CC
Observer:   Dillon Lana Ann
Date of record:   2017-02-13
Number of photos:   1
Notes:   Can't identify this huge 'moth?', the black hairs on the tip of its abdomen fan out like a prawn tail before it hops or runs, (didn't fly). I spotted it at 10:30 am in my courtyard, later that night my cat brought it in to show me, still didn't fly, so I hid it away from her in the garden.
Last updated:   2021-04-01 17:11:46
Sp. code:   626730
Species name:   Cephonodes hylas virescens
Common name:  
Family:   SPHINGIDAE
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Unknown
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LepiMAP-618234
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 618234 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Quartus Grobler
Comment:  
Date:   2017-03-18 15:45:37
Species name:   Cephonodes hylas virescens
Species code:   626730

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