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LepiMAP:   8312
Province:   Mpumalanga
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3125CA
Observer:   Holmes M.
Date of record:   2009-08-12
Number of photos:   1
Notes:   found lying dead outside my front door this morning. Last night not too cold. Yesterday day temperature around 29C and night temperature cold with slight frost this morning.
Last updated:   2014-07-18 12:13:18
Sp. code:   542010
Species name:   Acanthovalva focularia
Common name:  
Family:   GEOMETRIDAE
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LepiMAP-8312
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 8312 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Hermann Staude
Comment:   Acanthovalva focolaria, Ennominae, Geometridae.
Date:   2009-08-31 14:42:29
Species name:  
Species code:   0
Comment number:   2
By:   Hermann Staude
Comment:   25 11 S /31 56E is in Mpumalanga and not in Eastern Cape -please check error. Moth does not occur in Mpumalanga -error in grid ref.
Date:   2009-08-31 14:52:19
Species name:  
Species code:   0
Comment number:   3
By:   Silvia Mecenero
Comment:   Have fixed coordinates, the S & E were swopped
Date:   2009-09-30 16:05:37
Species name:  
Species code:   0
Comment number:   4
By:   Fanie Rautenbach
Comment:  
Date:   2014-07-18 12:13:18
Species name:   Acanthovalva focularia
Species code:   542010

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