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LepiMAP:   20033
Province:   Western Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3418BB
Observer:   Mecenero S
Date of record:   2011-11-05
Number of photos:   3
Notes:   seems to have bred out one of two necklaces made of seeds, not sure which one (photos attached) - seems to have fed on both. Coords not valid because not sure where the beads originated from.
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:46
Sp. code:   618240
Species name:   Plodia interpunctella
Common name:  
Family:   PYRALIDAE
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LepiMAP-20033
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 20033 - photo: 1
VM-number: 20033 - photo: 2
VM-number: 20033 - photo: 3

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Silvia Mecenero
Comment:   Indian Meal Moth, Plodia interpunctella
Date:   2013-05-21 10:25:33
Species name:  
Species code:   0
Comment number:   2
By:   Quartus Grobler
Comment:  
Date:   2018-11-18 19:03:39
Species name:   Plodia interpunctella
Species code:   618240

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