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Species Calpodes ethlius - Brazilian Skipper - Hodges#4115

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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 Hesperiini
Subtribe Calpodina
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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