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LepiMAP:   38537
Province:   Gauteng
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2628AD
Observer:   Heyns J
Date of record:   2012-05-26
Number of photos:   3
Notes:   Moth was feeding on the lavender in the garden.
Last updated:   2022-06-30 13:49:29
Sp. code:   627400
Species name:   Macroglossum trochilus
Common name:  
Family:   SPHINGIDAE
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   African hummingbird moth Macroglossum trochilius
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LepiMAP-38537
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 38537 - photo: 1
VM-number: 38537 - photo: 2
VM-number: 38537 - photo: 3

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Johan Heyns
Comment:   SPHINGIIDAE/MACROGLOSSIDAE/Macroglossum trochilus -- African Hummingbird Hawk
Date:   2014-04-22 08:36:05
Species name:  
Species code:   0
Comment number:   2
By:   Fanie Rautenbach
Comment:  
Date:   2014-07-17 14:16:46
Species name:   Macroglossum trochilus
Species code:   627400

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