Metisella kakamega De Jong, 1976

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, Zootaxa 4226 (4), pp. 487-508 : 504

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4226.4.3
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:8753ADEF-2888-46CD-A6DE-6BDF9D3CE0DC
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5670012
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/6140B34B-4B00-0458-1C97-F8D0FBCAF829
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Metisella kakamega De Jong, 1976
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Described from a unique male from Kakamega Forest by De Jong (1976), and known only from that locality. De Jong (1976) illustrates the male genitalia . MJWC has collected extensively in Kakamega Forest over four years, and checked all Metisella spp. without locating this species. It may be very localised, very rare, or both. Larsen (1991) states that the food plants are various grasses, but this is an assumption.