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LepiMAP:   19755
Province:   Limpopo
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2228DB
Observer:   Roland H
Date of record:   2011-01-18
Number of photos:   1
Notes:   Caterpillar of the Mopane moth, Gonimbrasia belina, Saturniidae
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:46
Sp. code:   621020
Species name:   FAMILY SATURNIIDAE
Common name:   Unidentified SATURNIIDAE
Family:   SATURNIIDAE
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Gonimbrasia belina
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LepiMAP-19755
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 19755 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Hanna Roland
Comment:   Gonimbrasia belina; Imbrasia belina;Saturnia belina; Nudaurelia belina: all names missing in LEPIMAP dictionary
Date:   2015-08-05 12:25:15
Species name:  
Species code:   0
Comment number:   2
By:   Hanna Roland
Comment:  
Date:   2015-08-20 16:27:56
Species name:   FAMILY SATURNIIDAE -- Unidentified SATURNIIDAE
Species code:   621020
Comment number:   3
By:   Rolf Oberprieler
Comment:   This red-ringed form of the larva seems to only occur in some populations feeding on mopane.
Date:   2018-11-24 09:20:38
Species name:   Gonimbrasia belina
Species code:   667290

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