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LepiMAP:   21952
Province:   Mpumalanga
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2531AA
Observer:   Sharp I.C. & Sharp A.
Date of record:   2012-02-07
Number of photos:   3
Notes:   Larvae found on Parinari sp. and bred through cycle.
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:46
Sp. code:   476870
Species name:   Platylesches moritili
Common name:   Honey hopper -- Heuning springertjie
Family:   HESPERIIDAE
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=LepiMAP-21952
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 21952 - photo: 1
VM-number: 21952 - photo: 2
VM-number: 21952 - photo: 3

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Mark Williams
Comment:  
Date:   2012-03-09 09:08:50
Species name:   Platylesches moritili -- Honey hopper; Heuning springertjie
Species code:   476870
Comment number:   2
By:   Andre Coetzer
Comment:   BTW - the pink colouration is not distinctive and occasionally happens just before the final instar larva goes into pupation.
Date:   2012-05-09 10:11:06
Species name:   Platylesches moritili -- Honey hopper; Heuning springertjie
Species code:   476870

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