Monza cretacea

Monza cretacea, the white-bodied grass skipper, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, western Kenya and western Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of drier forests and secondary habitats and occasionally Guinea savanna.

Monza cretacea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Hesperiidae
Genus:
Monza
Species:
M. cretacea
Binomial name
Monza cretacea
(Snellen, 1872)[1]
Synonyms
  • Goniloba cretacea Snellen, 1872
  • Hesperia gonessa Hewitson, 1877
  • Pamphila leucosoma Mabille, 1877
  • Hesperia camerona Plötz, 1879
  • Hypoleucis cretacea var. ploetziana Strand, 1921
  • Acleros oldenburgi Neustetter, 1927

Adults are attracted to flowers.

The larvae feed on Setaria megaphylla and Saccharum officinarum.

References
  1. Monza at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Afrotropical Butterflies: Hesperiidae - Subfamily Hesperiinae


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