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LepiMAP:   574442
Province:   KwaZulu-Natal
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2931AB
Observer:   Peter C.
Date of record:   2015-06-16
Number of photos:   1
Notes:  
Last updated:   2022-07-06 14:57:15
Sp. code:   633130
Species name:   Stemorrhages sericea
Common name:  
Family:   CRAMBIDAE
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LepiMAP-574442
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 574442 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Bart Wursten
Comment:  
Date:   2015-08-12 11:11:54
Species name:   Stemorrhages sericea
Species code:   633130
Comment number:   2
By:   Hermann Staude
Comment:   Again not knowing the size maes it difficult S sericea is bluish green in colour not white but that could just be an artefact of the flash. This could also be Palpita unionalis or one of its close allies, which are much smaller.in any case Crambidae: Spilomelinae
Date:   2015-08-13 13:56:11
Species name:  
Species code:   0

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