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LepiMAP:   15885
Province:   KwaZulu-Natal
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3030BB
Observer:   Purves M
Date of record:   2011-01-02
Number of photos:   2
Notes:   Mating pair found on concrete area below stairs of a block of flats. Tried to move them to a safer place but the female flew off with the male attached into a Bridelia micrantha.
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:46
Sp. code:   539690
Species name:   Euchromia amoena
Common name:  
Family:   EREBIDAE
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Day moths
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LepiMAP-15885
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 15885 - photo: 1
VM-number: 15885 - photo: 2

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Peter Webb
Comment:   According to Mike Pickers book " a field guide to insects of SA"this is called a Pleasant Hornet -Euchromia amoena.
Date:   2011-05-08 14:45:21
Species name:  
Species code:   0
Comment number:   2
By:   Quartus Grobler
Comment:  
Date:   2018-11-18 19:00:51
Species name:   Euchromia amoena
Species code:   539690

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