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LepiMAP:   17384
Province:   North West
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2626AA
Observer:   VAN ROOYEN J
Date of record:   2011-03-27
Number of photos:   2
Notes:   Found it in my garden. It was swinging the orange tuft from side to side
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:46
Sp. code:   629810
Species name:   Diaphania indica
Common name:  
Family:   CRAMBIDAE
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Glyphodes indica
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LepiMAP-17384
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 17384 - photo: 1
VM-number: 17384 - photo: 2

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Hermann Staude
Comment:   Diaphania indica, Crambidae.(The genus name has changed, nice pictures of male displaying it's androconial organ)
Date:   2011-04-29 11:49:15
Species name:  
Species code:   0
Comment number:   2
By:   Fanie Rautenbach
Comment:  
Date:   2014-07-29 07:16:20
Species name:   Diaphania indica
Species code:   629810

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