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LepiMAP:   551115
Province:   Mpumalanga
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2531CA
Observer:   Eckley Tommy
Date of record:   2014-09-08
Number of photos:   1
Notes:  
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:46
Sp. code:   476710
Species name:   Platylesches sp.
Common name:  
Family:   HESPERIIDAE
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Robust Hopper (Platylesches robustus robustus)
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LepiMAP-551115
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 551115 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Steve Woodhall
Comment:   But look at that weird costal blotch on the UHW!
Date:   2014-09-08 18:37:42
Species name:   Platylesches ayresii -- Peppered hopper; Gepeperde springertjie
Species code:   476730
Comment number:   2
By:   Andre Coetzer
Comment:   Would this not be the same as the big-headed Lekgamaleetse and Graskop specimens? Not sure what the status with those are, whether they are new, P.langa, etc.
Date:   2014-10-01 17:59:25
Species name:   Platylesches sp.
Species code:   476710

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