Observations on the biology of Afrotropical Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera). Part 7. Hesperiinae incertae sedis: grass and bamboo feeders
Author
Cock, Matthew J. W.
Author
Congdon, T. Colin E.
text
Zootaxa
2014
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journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3872.4.1
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Ankola
Evans 1937
This is a monotypic genus restricted to tropical Africa. When he described it,
Evans (1937)
recognised that it is closely allied to
Pardaleodes
.
The early stages, particularly the pupa and its shelter support this view; there are also similarities in the caterpillars, although the head markings are rather different. MJWC’s food plant record of a ‘climbing grass’ in
Larsen (1991)
is the only published life history observation for the genus.