Quedara

Quedara
Quedara inornata (figure 15)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Subfamily: Hesperiinae
Tribe: Erionotini
Genus: Quedara
Swinhoe, 1919

Quedara[1] is a genus of grass skippers in the family Hesperiidae.

Species

Listed alphabetically:[2]

  • Quedara albifascia (Moore, 1878) – Burma, Laos
  • Quedara basiflava (de Nicéville, [1889]) – endemic to Western Ghats, India
  • Quedara flavens Devyatkin, 2000 – northern Vietnam, southern Yunnan
  • Quedara inornata (Elwes & Edwards, 1897) – Borneo
  • Quedara monteithi (Wood-Mason & de Nicéville, [1887]) – dubious flitter – Malaya
  • Quedara singularis (Mabille, 1893)

Biology

The larvae feed on Palmae including Calamus, Daemonorops, Eugeissona,[3]

References

  1. ↑ Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database Page on Quedara genus.
  2. ↑ Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera Quedara, funet.fi
  3. ↑ 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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