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LepiMAP:   3630
Province:   KwaZulu-Natal
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2930DD
Observer:   Aiston G.
Date of record:   2008-10-05
Number of photos:   1
Notes:   Possible Moltena fiara larvae found on Strelitzia nicolai. Leaf pulled over the caterpillar and held together with thread.
Last updated:   0000-00-00 00:00:00
Sp. code:   475460
Species name:   Moltena fiara
Common name:   Strelitzia night-fighter -- Strelitzia skemervegter
Family:   HESPERIIDAE
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LepiMAP-3630
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 3630 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Andre Coetzer
Comment:  
Date:   2009-05-14 15:53:51
Species name:   Moltena fiara -- Strelitzia night-fighter; Strelitzia skemervegter
Species code:   475460
Comment number:   2
By:   Steve Woodhall
Comment:  
Date:   2009-05-14 15:53:51
Species name:   Moltena fiara -- Strelitzia night-fighter; Strelitzia skemervegter
Species code:   475460

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