Gesta invisus, the false duskywing, is a species of spread-wing skipper in the family Hesperiidae.[1][2] It was described by Arthur Gardiner Butler and Herbert Druce in 1872 and is found in Central and North America.[2]

Gesta invisus
Gesta invisus
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G. invisus
Binomial name
Gesta invisus
(Butler & H. Druce, 1872)
Synonyms
  • Achlyodes gorgona Plötz, 1884
  • Nisoniades llano Dodge, 1903
  • Thanaos invisus Butler and H. Druce, 1872

The MONA or Hodges number for Gesta invisus is 3943.[3][4]

References edit

  1. ^ "Gesta invisus Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-01-31.
  2. ^ a b "Gesta invisus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-01-31.
  3. ^ Pohl, G.R., Patterson, B., & Pelham, J.P. (2016). Taxonomic Checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico
  4. ^ "A Catalog of the Butterflies of the United States and Canada, J.P. Pelham, rev. 2017". Butterflies of America. Retrieved 2018-01-31.
  • Austin, George T., and Andrew D. Warren (2002). "Taxonomic notes on some Neotropical skippers (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae): Pyrrhopyginae and Pyrginae". Dugesiana, vol. 9, no. 2, 15-49.
  • Opler, Paul A. (1999). A Field Guide to Western Butterflies, Second Edition, xiv + 540.
  • Opler, Paul A. & Andrew D. Warren (2005). Butterflies of North America, pt. 4: Scientific Names List for Butterfly Species of North America, north of Mexico, 80.
  • Pelham, Jonathan P. (2008). "A catalogue of the butterflies of the United States and Canada with a complete bibliography of the descriptive and systematic literature". Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera, vol. 40, xiv + 658.

Further reading edit

  • Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.

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