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LepiMAP:   7969
Province:   Cabo Delgado
Country:   Mozambique
Locus:   1039DD
Observer:   Finney G.K.
Date of record:   2008-05-12
Number of photos:   1
Notes:   Can you help ID? Northern Mozambique – Tanzania Border
Last updated:   2017-11-01 14:40:00
Sp. code:   554700
Species name:   FAMILY URANIIDAE
Common name:   Unidentified URANIIDAE
Family:   URANIIDAE
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LepiMAP-7969
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 7969 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Steve Woodhall
Comment:   Sunset Moth - Urania croesus - very rare in southern Africa.
Date:   2009-12-14 21:19:15
Species name:  
Species code:   0
Comment number:   2
By:   Hermann Staude
Comment:   Chrysiridia croesus, Uraniinae, Uraniidae.
Date:   2011-09-21 14:15:17
Species name:  
Species code:   0
Comment number:   3
By:   Quartus Grobler
Comment:  
Date:   2017-11-01 14:40:00
Species name:   FAMILY URANIIDAE -- Unidentified URANIIDAE
Species code:   554700

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