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LepiMAP:   5251
Province:   North West
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2627CC
Observer:   Jacobs V.
Date of record:   2009-02-24
Number of photos:   1
Notes:   This was the only one I’ve ever seen just sitting against the barn wall, the “white” markins are not markings but “see-through” spots on the wings, like the Aussie money; could not find info in Field Guide to Insects of SA by Mike Picker
Last updated:   2018-05-13 12:23:35
Sp. code:   622270
Species name:   Holocerina smilax
Common name:  
Family:   SATURNIIDAE
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LepiMAP-5251
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 5251 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Silvia Mecenero
Comment:   ID by Hermann Staude: Ludia goniata, Saturniidae
Date:   2009-05-11 16:45:44
Species name:  
Species code:   0
Comment number:   2
By:   Fanie Rautenbach
Comment:  
Date:   2014-07-18 10:54:49
Species name:   Ludia goniata
Species code:   622770
Comment number:   3
By:   Kate Braun
Comment:   ID by Rolf Oberprieler
Date:   2017-11-04 21:27:54
Species name:  
Species code:   0
Comment number:   4
By:   Quartus Grobler
Comment:  
Date:   2018-05-13 12:23:35
Species name:   Holocerina smilax
Species code:   622270
Comment number:   5
By:   Rolf Oberprieler
Comment:   This is the male.
Date:   2018-11-19 14:56:51
Species name:   Holocerina smilax
Species code:   622270

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