Gangara

Gangara
Gangara sanguinocculus (figure 17)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Tribe: Megathymini
Genus: Gangara
Moore, [1881]

Gangara is an Indomalayan genus of grass skippers in the family Hesperiidae.

Species

The larvae feed on Arecaceae, Musaceae, Philydraceae, Myrtaceae, Poaceae:- Calamus, Korthalsia, Arenga, Caryota, Cocos, Cyrtostachys, Elaeis, Eugeissona, Licuala, Livistona, Musa, Nypa, Philydrum, Psidium, Roystonea, Saccharum, Trachycarpus.

References

  1. ↑ Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9
  2. ↑ Robinson, G. S., P. R. Ackery, I. J. Kitching, G. W. Beccaloni y L. M. Hernández (2010) HOSTS - A Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants. Natural History Museum, London. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/hosts.
  3. ↑ Markku Savela (1999-2013) Lepidoptera and some other life forms.