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LacewingMAP:   17759
Province:   Western Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3322AC
Observer:   Tippett RM
Date of record:   2021-02-08
Number of photos:   2
Notes:   In fynbos on top of the pass. Shy and hard to approach.
Last updated:   2021-02-19 12:16:14
Sp. code:   323840
Species name:   Italochrysa neurodes
Common name:  
Family:   Chrysopidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LacewingMAP-17759
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 17759 - photo: 1
VM-number: 17759 - photo: 2

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Mervyn Mansell
Comment:   This is one of the largest and most colourful of the SA species of Italochrysa. It occurs mainly in the Western Cape, also extending into the ECape. It is very similar to I. gigantea and often confused with this species.
Date:   2021-02-19 12:16:14
Species name:   Italochrysa neurodes
Species code:   323840

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