Perrotia

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 : 327

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.5681002

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03AA87B3-FFDC-351A-FF79-F84D27DADEB7

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Plazi

scientific name

Perrotia
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Perrotia View in CoL discussion

The fact that several caterpillars were found of the extremely rare species in collections, P. albiplaga , may have been a freak event, but more likely indicates that early stages are more easily located than adults in this species. This could also apply to other apparently rare Madagascan endemics. The striking caterpillar central head marking is not matched in any other African Hesperiinae as far as we are aware, but is more reminiscent of Kedestes spp. (e.g. Figure 5 View FIGURE 5 ) and Moltena fiara (Butler) ( Henning et al. 1997, TCEC unpublished) than other genera. The black anal plate in instar n-2 is not a common feature amongst African Hesperiinae , but is found in M. fiara , K. niveostriga schloszi (above), K. callicles ( Figure 7 View FIGURE 7 ) and we have seen a similar marking in Metisella (Heteropterinae) . The extensive dark markings of the pupa are reminiscent of Kedestes spp. ( Figure 6 View FIGURE 6 ), rather than members of the Ploetzia group (below, Cock et al. 2014). We hesitate to suggest any phylogenetic links based on these superficial similarities.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Hesperiidae

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