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LepiMAP:   22578
Province:   KwaZulu-Natal
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2930CB
Observer:   Methley Helen
Date of record:   2010-02-10
Number of photos:   3
Notes:   We watched this moth emerge from its cocoon. In the first photograph the wings haven't filled out. Gradually the moth filled out into this beautiful specimen. The last photograph is a collage of the moth.
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:46
Sp. code:   516940
Species name:   Rhodogastria similis
Common name:  
Family:   EREBIDAE
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   A Moth
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LepiMAP-22578
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 22578 - photo: 1
VM-number: 22578 - photo: 2
VM-number: 22578 - photo: 3

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Hermann Staude
Comment:   Rhodogastria similis, Arctiidae.(well done on wathing it emerge)
Date:   2012-04-23 07:57:38
Species name:  
Species code:   0
Comment number:   2
By:   Craig Peter
Comment:  
Date:   2016-05-02 13:08:40
Species name:   Rhodogastria similis
Species code:   516940

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