''Taractrocera'' is a genus of
skippers in the family
Hesperiidae
Skippers are a group of butterflies placed in the family Hesperiidae within the order Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies). They were previously placed in a separate superfamily, Hesperioidea, but have since been placed in the superfamily Papilion ...
.
Species
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Taractrocera anisomorpha''
(Lower
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, 1911)
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Taractrocera archias''
( Felder, 1860)
*''
Taractrocera ardonia''
( Hewitson, 1868)
*''
Taractrocera ceramas''
( Hewitson, 1868)
*''
Taractrocera danna''
(Moore, 1865)
*''
Taractrocera dolon''
(Plötz
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, 1884)
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Taractrocera flavoides''
Leech
Leeches are segmented parasitism, parasitic or Predation, predatory worms that comprise the Class (biology), subclass Hirudinea within the phylum Annelida. They are closely related to the Oligochaeta, oligochaetes, which include the earthwor ...
, 1893
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Taractrocera fusca''
de Jong, 2004
*''
Taractrocera ilia''
Waterhouse, 1932
*''
Taractrocera ina''
Waterhouse, 1932
*''
Taractrocera luzonensis''
( Snellen, 1889)
*''
Taractrocera maevius''
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, 1793)
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Taractrocera nigrolimbata''
( Snellen, 1889)
*''
Taractrocera papyria''
( Boisduval, 1832)
*''
Taractrocera tilda''
Evans, 1934
*''
Taractrocera trikora''
de Jong, 2004
Biology
The larvae feed on
Gramineae
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including ''
Bambusa
''Bambusa'' is a large genus of clumping bamboos. Most species of ''Bambusa'' are rather large, with numerous branches emerging from the nodes, and one or two much larger than the rest. The branches can be as long as 11 m (35 ft).
They ...
'', ''
Oryza
''Oryza'' is a genus of plants in the grass family. It includes the major food crop rice (species '' Oryza sativa'' and '' Oryza glaberrima''). Members of the genus grow as tall, wetland grasses, growing to tall; the genus includes both annua ...
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[Robinson, G. S., P. R. Ackery, I. J. Kitching, G. W. Beccaloni & L. M. Hernández, 2010. HOSTS - A Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants. Natural History Museum, London]
nhm hosts
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References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
Taractrocerini
Hesperiidae genera
Taxa named by Arthur Gardiner Butler
Taxa described in 1870
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