Observations on the biology of Afrotropical Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera). Part 7. Hesperiinae incertae sedis: grass and bamboo feeders
Author
Cock, Matthew J. W.
Author
Congdon, T. Colin E.
text
Zootaxa
2014
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4
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.3872.4.1
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Monza punctata punctata
Aurivillius, 1910
(
Uluguru
Mountains,
Tanzania
)
Two early instar caterpillars are shown as Figure 46.1–2; they have black heads, pronotum and pair of spots on the anal plate; body dull translucent green with a dorsal line of the same colour defined by a somewhat diffuse subdorsal line. The final instar caterpillar (Figure 46.3–7) is quite variable: the head may be light brown in colour, with a white line down the centre of the face, the posterior margin narrowly dark, and less extensive dark markings on the face (Figure 46.3–5), or it may be browner with heavier dark brown markings (Figure 46.6–7). The body is dull whitish green with a slightly darker dorsal line, heavy yellowish folding of the cuticle in the posterior half of each segment, pale brown spiracles, and variably a pair of black markings on the anal plate (Figure 46.6). The pupa (Figure 46.8–9) resembles those of the other
Monza
spp.