Atlas of African Lepidoptera

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LepiMAP:   17453
Province:   Western Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3420BD
Observer:   Kok Andre & Bets
Date of record:   2011-03-27
Number of photos:   3
Notes:   Lots of them sitting on \"kooigoed\" shrubs
Id status:   Identification pending
Collector's species id:   ????
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LepiMAP-17453
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 17453 - photo: 1
VM-number: 17453 - photo: 2
VM-number: 17453 - photo: 3

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Hermann Staude
Comment:   Utetheisa pulchella, Arctiidae.(very common throughout Africa, larvae feed mostly on Kakibos in Western Cape)
Date:   2011-04-29 11:41:10
Species name:  
Species code:   0

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