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LepiMAP:   28028
Province:   KwaZulu-Natal
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3130AA
Observer:   Beneke Marita
Date of record:   2013-01-19
Number of photos:   2
Notes:  
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:46
Sp. code:   541300
Species name:   Zerenopsis lepida
Common name:   Leopard magpie moth
Family:   GEOMETRIDAE
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Polka Dot?
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LepiMAP-28028
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 28028 - photo: 1
VM-number: 28028 - photo: 2

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Christopher Willis
Comment:   looks to me like a moth - does not have club-tipped antennae typical of butterflies - this specimen has filamentous antennae
Date:   2013-01-27 17:52:04
Species name:  
Species code:   0
Comment number:   2
By:   Steve Woodhall
Comment:   Zerenopsis leopardina - Leopard Magpie Moth
Date:   2013-01-28 18:13:22
Species name:  
Species code:   0
Comment number:   3
By:   Hermann Staude
Comment:   Zerenopsis lepida, Diptychinae, Geometridae.
Date:   2013-04-29 15:50:42
Species name:  
Species code:   0
Comment number:   4
By:   Fanie Rautenbach
Comment:  
Date:   2014-07-22 08:20:08
Species name:   Zerenopsis lepida -- Leopard magpie moth
Species code:   541300

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