Atlas of the Neuroptera and Megaloptera

Record details
   [ Record 30 of 32 ]   
LacewingMAP:   17152
Province:   Western Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3219AA
Observer:   van Dyk Zenobia
Date of record:   2020-09-08
Number of photos:   2
Notes:  
Last updated:   2021-02-24 15:36:52
Sp. code:   323520
Species name:   Dichochrysa venosella
Common name:  
Family:   Chrysopidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Unknown
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LacewingMAP-17152
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 17152 - photo: 1
VM-number: 17152 - photo: 2

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Mervyn Mansell
Comment:   This characteristic brown green-lacewing is only known from South Africa and Lesotho. In SA it occurs in Gauteng, Limpopo, North West and Mpumalanga. It is fairly common in gardens in Gauteng. The larvae are free-living on vegetation, and do not carry trash on their backs. A very interrsting record for the Western Cape, but requires further investigation.
Date:   2021-02-24 15:36:52
Species name:   Dichochrysa venosella
Species code:   323520

[ Page served: July 2, 2024, 09:53 +0200]

The Biodiversity and Development Institute (BDI)
and
The FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
Department of Biological Sciences - University of Cape Town
 
This work, except photographs, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Copyright of images uploaded into the Virtual Museum remains with the photographers.

The Biodiversity and Development Institute (BDI)          The Biodiversity and Development Institute (BDI)          The FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology          UCT