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LepiMAP:   15310
Province:   KwaZulu-Natal
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2931CA
Observer:   Purves M
Date of record:   2010-11-20
Number of photos:   3
Notes:   Several batches of larvae feeding on various Lagynias lasiantha shrubs. Some larvae had stripes, others were pale (different instars?).
Id status:   Identification pending
Collector's species id:   Hawk Moth larvae?
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LepiMAP-15310
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 15310 - photo: 1
VM-number: 15310 - photo: 2
VM-number: 15310 - photo: 3

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Hermann Staude
Comment:   Petovia marginata, Geometrinae, Geometridae.
Date:   2011-09-20 16:09:02
Species name:  
Species code:   0

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