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FIGURE 8 in Observations on the Biology of Afrotropical Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera) with particular reference to Kenya. Part 11. Heteropterinae

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FIGURE 8. Caterpillars of Metisella orientalis orientalis, Kenya [MJWC]. 1, penultimate instar, dorsolateral view with head in anterior view; collected as penultimate instar caterpillar on Cenchrus trachyphyllus (unconfirmed plant identification), Thomson's Falls, Nyahurura, Kenya, 29 Dec 1990; photographed 29 Dec; moulted 6 Jan 1991; 15mm; MJWC 90/125C; 2, as #1, detail of head and thorax; 3, final instar collected as #1; photographed 31 Dec 1990, pupated 8 Jan; MJWC 90/125B; 4, collected as penultimate instar premoult on Panicum trichocladum, Kisii; moulted and photographed 10 Feb; pupated 23 Feb; 15mm; MJWC 91/9.

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Published as part of Cock, Matthew J. W. & Congdon, T. Colin E., 2017, Observations on the Biology of Afrotropical Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera) with particular reference to Kenya. Part 11. Heteropterinae, pp. 487-508 in Zootaxa 4226 (4) on page 496, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4226.4.3, http://zenodo.org/record/265090

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