Lasiacis ligulata Hitchcock & Chase

Duerr, Nathan, Corahua-Espinoza, Thalia, Baine, Quinlyn, Tejeira, Rafael, Ccahuana, Rodrigo, Espinoza, María Mercedes Del Castillo, Perlett, Eric, Cervantes-Martínez, Joselin Nidia, Santillana, Alexandra Liza, See, Joseph, Soto-Quispe, Yulisa Sari, Wood, Halle, Arteaga, Zunilda Escalante & Gallice, Geoffrey, 2022, Immature stages, new host plant records and shelter structures of Troyus phyllides (Röber, 1925) and Thoon ponka Evans, 1955 in the Peruvian Amazon (Lepidoptera Hesperiidae: Hesperiinae: Hesperiini), Zootaxa 5200 (4), pp. 372-390 : 379

Lasiacis ligulata Hitchcock & Chase

( Poaceae : Panicoideae : Paniceae) ( Figs. 3a–c )

The host plant for Troyus phyllides (2021-FLP-IMM-0116, 0366, 0367; 2022-FLP-IMM-0101-B, 0128) was identified as a grass species, Lasiacis ligulata Hitchcock & Chase. This plant species is a common component of the understory, especially along large forest trails in FLP. Based on 2021-FLP-IMM-0116, the particular individual where the egg was located was at the entrance of a forest trail. On the date the egg was collected, the plant height was 1.3 m. The egg was found at a distance of 0.7 m from the ground, situated on the abaxial surface, in the middle part of the leaf blade, and near the leaf margin.

Figures

FIGURE 3. The host plant, Lasiacis ligulata, and illustrations of the shelter structures of each immature stage of Troyus phyllides: a) close-up view of leaves; b) close-up view of inflorescence; c) plant in situ; d) shelter structure during the first instar; e) shelter structure during the second instar; f) shelter structure during the third instar; g) shelter structure during the fourth instar; h) shelter structure during the fifth instar.