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Species Calpodes ethlius - Brazilian Skipper - Hodges#4115

FEMALE Calpodes caterpillar? - Calpodes ethlius

Please help us to identify this skipper. - Calpodes ethlius

Brazilian Skipper caterpillar - Calpodes ethlius

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Papilionoidea (Butterflies and Skippers)

Family Hesperiidae (Skippers)

Subfamily Hesperiinae (Grass Skippers)

Tribe Calpodini

Genus Calpodes

Species ethlius (Brazilian Skipper - Hodges#4115)

Hodges Number

4115

Other Common Names

Larger Canna Leafroller(1)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Calpodes ethlius (Stoll)

Range

Well established in Florida and Texas; there are records as far north as New York. It is found throughout Central and South America, all the way to Argentina. It is even found in the Galapagos.

Food

Larvae feed on several species of Canna

Life Cycle

see(1)

Remarks

The larva wraps itself inside a leaf and eats the leaf. It expels feces forcefully a considerable distance which may be a protection against detection by predators.

Internet References

University of Florida

Butterflies and Moths of North America

Wikipedia

Works Cited

1.	Insects and other arthropods that feed on aquatic and wetland plants Center T.D., Dray F.A., Jubinsky G.P., Grodowitz M.J. 2002. USDA ARS, Technical Bulletin 1870. 200 pp.

Contributed by Joel Kits on 2 April, 2005 - 6:13am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Bbarnd, v belov, Kyhl Austin
Last updated 29 September, 2016 - 4:28pm

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