Atlas of African Lepidoptera

Record details

LepiMAP:   23426
Province:   Mpumalanga
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2530AD
Observer:   Willis C.K.
Date of record:   2012-04-27
Number of photos:   2
Notes:   has a distinctive white tip to the abdomen - recorded alongside a footpath close to a stream in dense riverine forest
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:46
Sp. code:   476800
Species name:   Platylesches galesa
Common name:   White-tail hopper -- Witstert springertjie
Family:   HESPERIIDAE
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   White-tail Hopper
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LepiMAP-23426
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 23426 - photo: 1
VM-number: 23426 - photo: 2

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Steve Woodhall
Comment:  
Date:   2012-04-30 22:01:04
Species name:   Platylesches galesa -- White-tail hopper; Witstert springertjie
Species code:   476800
Comment number:   2
By:   Steve Woodhall
Comment:  
Date:   2012-04-30 22:01:04
Species name:   Platylesches galesa -- White-tail hopper; Witstert springertjie
Species code:   476800

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