Atlas of African Lepidoptera

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LepiMAP:   19119
Province:  
Country:   Mozambique
Locus:   1835AA
Observer:   Heyns L
Date of record:   2010-12-30
Number of photos:   1
Notes:  
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:46
Sp. code:   623090
Species name:   Pseudaphelia apollinaris
Common name:  
Family:   SATURNIIDAE
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LepiMAP-19119
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 19119 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Christopher Willis
Comment:   Looks like an Apollo Moth (Pseudaphelia apollinaris; possibly old name). If Hermann Staude confirms ID, Pinhey (1975) writes that: Distant (1903) records Col. Bowker capturing this species mating with a Clouded Mother of Pearl butterfly! Moth flies by day or night.
Date:   2011-09-04 12:08:26
Species name:  
Species code:   0
Comment number:   2
By:   Hermann Staude
Comment:   Pseudaphelia apollinaris, Saturniidae.
Date:   2011-09-21 13:26:22
Species name:  
Species code:   0
Comment number:   3
By:   Quartus Grobler
Comment:  
Date:   2018-04-27 07:00:15
Species name:   Pseudaphelia apollinaris
Species code:   623090
Comment number:   4
By:   Rolf Oberprieler
Comment:  
Date:   2018-11-24 08:18:09
Species name:   Pseudaphelia apollinaris
Species code:   623090

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