Observations on the biology of Afrotropical Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera). Part 9. Hesperiinae incertae sedis: Zingiberales feeders, genera of unknown biology and an overview of the Hesperiinae incertae sedis
Author
Cock, Matthew J. W.
Author
Congdon, T. Colin E.
Author
Collins, Steve C.
text
Zootaxa
2016
4066
3
201
247
journal article
51187
10.11646/zootaxa.4066.3.1
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1175-5326
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Gretna
Evans, 1937
Evans (1937)
established this genus for six Afrotropical species and designated
Hesperia cylinda
Hewitson
the
type
species. We have treated three palm feeding species in Cock
et al
. (2014), but
G. cylinda
, the
type
species, is recorded to feed on
Marantaceae
and so is treated here. Larsen (pers. comm. 2014) considers
G. cylinda
out of place with the other members of the genus, all of which are likely to be palm-feeders, so it is likely that one (or more) new genera will need to be established for them.