First record of skipper genus Ochlodes scudder, 1872 (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae) feeding on rice, with a note on the taxonomy of Ochlodes sylvanus hyrcana (Christoph, 1893) stat. rev.

We report the first record of the larvae of a species in the butterfly genus Ochlodes (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae) feeding on rice and causing notable damage. Based on the results of DNA barcoding of the reared adults and further investigation of male and female genitalia, we revise the status of taxon hyrcana Christoph, 1893 as a subspecies of Ochlodes sylvanus (Esper, [1778]) stat. rev.

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jen.13167

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