Pirdana

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Pirdana
Transactions of the Zoological Society of London (1897) Plate XXI.jpg
Pirdana albicornis Elwes & Edwards, 1897 (figure 14)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Hesperiidae
Subfamily:
Hesperiinae
Tribe:
Erionotini
Genus:
Pirdana

Distant, 1886

Pirdana is a genus of grass skippers in the family Hesperiidae.

Contents

Species

Biology

The larvae feed on Dracaenaceae including Dracaena , Agavaceae including Cordyline , Convallariaceae including Peliosanthes [1]

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References

  1. ↑ 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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