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LacewingMAP:   16568
Province:   Gauteng
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2528CD
Observer:   Cronje Pieter
Date of record:   2020-01-22
Number of photos:   1
Notes:  
Last updated:   2020-03-31 18:21:16
Sp. code:   323460
Species name:   Dichochrysa sjoestedti
Common name:  
Family:   Chrysopidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LacewingMAP-16568
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 16568 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Mervyn Mansell
Comment:   This species is widespread in Africa, from South Africa to Kenya and Guinea-Bissau. In SA, it is known from Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North West, KZN and Eastern Cape. The larvae are freeliving on vegetation, and feed on small soft-bodied Homoptera such as aphids and scale insects.
Date:   2020-02-20 15:59:19
Species name:   Dichochrysa sjoestedti
Species code:   323460

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