Record details

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:   574842
Province:   Sofala
Country:   Mozambique
Locus:   1834CA
Observer:   Wursten B.
Date of record:   2015-05-05
Number of photos:   2
Notes:  
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:46
Sp. code:   517400
Species name:   Spilosoma lutescens
Common name:  
Family:   EREBIDAE
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Pseudoradiarctia scita
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=-574842
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
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Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Johan Heyns
Comment:   Not in Database : Pseudoradiarctia scita http://www.africanmoths.com/pages/EREBIDAE/ARCTIINAE/arctiinae/pseudoradiarctia%20scita.html
Date:   2015-10-03 12:17:17
Species name:  
Species code:   0
Comment number:   2
By:   Bart Wursten
Comment:   Checking the collected specimen showed very pale hindwings. This indicates ID as Afromurzinia lutescens (syn Spilosoma lutescens)
Date:   2016-05-06 13:06:44
Species name:   Spilosoma lutescens
Species code:   517400

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