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The Vestal

Rhodometra sacraria

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Field Notes

Notes:

So pleased the moths are coming back, summer must be near

Species ID Suggestions

The Vestal

Rhodometra sacraria

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Comments (5)
bayucca
The main link above and the once more added link below indicates the reports from South Africa. The Vestal is almost a "global" moth. http://www.africanmoths.com/pages/GEOMETRIDAE/STERRHINAE/rhodometra%20sacraria.html
AlthaSwiegersLiebenberg
Bayucca the strange thing is that all the locations do not include South Africa as a host country
bayucca
Geometridae, Sterrhinae, Rhodometra sacraria. http://ukmoths.org.uk/show.php?id=6173 http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhodometra_sacraria The typical pose and the veins and spot let me think of Rhodometra sacraria rather then this one: http://www.africanmoths.com/pages/GEOMETRIDAE/STERRHINAE/pseudosterrha%20paulula.html That one would have the end of the stripe not at the apex of the wing but slightly laterally at the apex.

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PublishedJuly 23, 2014

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