Ploetzia is a genus of butterflies in the family Hesperiidae. It consists of only one species, Ploetzia amygdalis, which is found in northern and north-eastern Madagascar.[2] The habitat consists of forests and anthropogenic environments.
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Hesperiidae |
Tribe: | Erionotini |
Genus: | Ploetzia Saalmüller, 1884 |
Species: | P. amygdalis
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Binomial name | |
Ploetzia amygdalis | |
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The larvae feed on the leaves of coconut palms of the family Arecaceae.
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- Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
- Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 79