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:   16995
Province:   KwaZulu-Natal
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3030BB
Observer:   Purves M
Date of record:   2011-02-06
Number of photos:   2
Notes:   Several larvae found on Lagynias lasiantha. 5 taken to be raised, one female moth hatched on 22 February 2011.
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:46
Sp. code:   623090
Species name:   Pseudaphelia apollinaris
Common name:  
Family:   SATURNIIDAE
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   moth
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=-16995
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
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Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Hermann Staude
Comment:   Pseudaphelia flavomarginata, Saturniidae.(well done on breeding it through, Lagynias now Vangueria)
Date:   2011-04-29 12:26:25
Species name:  
Species code:   0
Comment number:   2
By:   Craig Peter
Comment:  
Date:   2016-05-02 13:44:02
Species name:   Pseudaphelia apollinaris
Species code:   623090
Comment number:   3
By:   Rolf Oberprieler
Comment:   The female is often yellow, the male rarely so.
Date:   2018-11-24 08:13:53
Species name:   Pseudaphelia apollinaris
Species code:   623090

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