Chondrolepis

Cock, Matthew J. W. & Congdon, T. Colin E., 2014, Observations on the biology of Afrotropical Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera). Part 7. Hesperiinae incertae sedis: grass and bamboo feeders, Zootaxa 3872 (4), pp. 301-354 : 339

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3872.4.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:8FECCFC1-7CA9-4A90-B881-4BD40157AD99

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5681016

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03AA87B3-FFE0-3527-FF79-FE4C26EBDDE4

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Plazi

scientific name

Chondrolepis
status

 

Chondrolepis View in CoL discussion

The caterpillars and pupae of the four Chondrolepis spp. documented here are all rather similar, suggesting a homogeneous genus. Although the caterpillars are not especially distinctive compared to others of the Ploetzia group, the pupae are distinctive inasmuch as they are very cylindrical, they are formed in a tightly sealed shelter with little or no white waxy powder, there is no girdle, and the cremaster does not engage with the silk lining of the shelter.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Hesperiidae

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