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LepiMAP:   26273
Province:   Limpopo
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2330DA
Observer:   Beneke Marita
Date of record:   2012-11-08
Number of photos:   2
Notes:   Very small - couldn't get the wingspan but total length about 1.5 cm.
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:46
Sp. code:   500100
Species name:   Acontia sp.
Common name:  
Family:   NOCTUIDAE
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   unknown
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LepiMAP-26273
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 26273 - photo: 1
VM-number: 26273 - photo: 2

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Kate Braun
Comment:   Acontia insocia
Date:   2018-01-31 23:21:47
Species name:   Acontia sp.
Species code:   500100
Comment number:   2
By:   Hanna Roland
Comment:   Hacker writes: The correct determination of the sympatric species pair A. (M.) insocia and A. (M) simo is one of the biggest and trickiest problems within African Acontia
Date:   2021-03-20 10:41:44
Species name:   Acontia sp.
Species code:   500100

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