Observations on the biology of Afrotropical Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera). Part 12. New information and corrections
Author
Collins, Steve C.
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Zootaxa
2017
2017-08-30
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Platylesches rasta
Evans, 1937
SCC identified a specimen of
P. rasta
amongst adults of
P. moritili
(Wallengren)
f.
delta
(
Cock & Congdon 2013
) that TCEC reared from
Parinari curatellifolia
from ‘Mulanje Pond’, under Mlanje Mountain, Malawi, an area of rough scrub near the murram road to Mount Zion from Mulanje town. At the time it was assumed to be a lightly marked individual of
Platylesches moritili
f.
delta
and it was only by chance that this individual was photographed (Figure 20.3). The caterpillar must have been a tube maker (
Cock & Congdon 2013, Figure 70
) and the pupa must have been plain white (
Cock & Congdon 2013, Figure 76.4
) or they would have been noticed as different and documented.