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Species Gesta invisus - False Duskywing - Hodges#3943

Gesta gesta - False Duskywing - Gesta invisus

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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 Pyrginae (Spread-wing Skippers)

Tribe Erynnini

Genus Gesta

Species invisus (False Duskywing - Hodges#3943)

Hodges Number

3943

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Originally described in 1872 by Arthur Gardiner Butler & Herbert Druce as Thanaos invisus

Gesta invisa

Formerly considered to be the same species as Gesta gesta (Herrich-Schäffer, 1863), which occurs in the Greater Antilles and from Costa Rica to Argentina.

Explanation of Names

Latin invisus can mean either "detested, hateful" or "unseen, little-seen/rare"

Range

Texas to Argentina.

Food

Caterpillars feed on wild indigo (Indigofera).

Internet References

Butterflies of America

Butterflies and Moths of North America

Cistula entomologica v.1, p.114 Butler & Druce's original description of the species (in Latin)

Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 13 September, 2009 - 3:55pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Chuck Entz
Last updated 3 July, 2017 - 3:32am

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