Atlas of African Lepidoptera

Record details

LepiMAP:   3888
Province:   Gauteng
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2627BB
Observer:   Aubrey A.E.
Date of record:   2008-12-02
Number of photos:   1
Notes:   In house, attracted to lights at night, very active. Unusual stance, abdomen raised and wing-tips resting on substrate - does not show in image as the moth was chilled in order to take photo. Wings showed translucent 'windows' when open (unsure whether fore or hind wing).
Last updated:   0000-00-00 00:00:00
Sp. code:   633430
Species name:   Terastia meticulosalis
Common name:  
Family:   CRAMBIDAE
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LepiMAP-3888
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 3888 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Hermann Staude
Comment:   Terastia meticulosalis, Spilomelinae, Crambidae.
Date:   2011-09-21 12:37:41
Species name:  
Species code:   0
Comment number:   2
By:   Quartus Grobler
Comment:  
Date:   2016-07-02 21:51:01
Species name:   Terastia meticulosalis
Species code:   633430

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