First record of host plant for Cogia stylites (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869) (Hesperiidae: Eudaminae)

Ayane Suênia-Bastos; Suianne Cajé; Jefferson Duarte-de-Mélo; Joshua Pablo Cavalcanti; Olaf Hermann Hendrik Mielke

Ayane Suênia-Bastos https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3443-745X; Suianne Cajé https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4558-4551; Jefferson Duarte-de-Mélo https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0268-279X; Joshua Pablo Cavalcanti https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1285-0745; Olaf Hermann Hendrik Mielke https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3655-4606

2 May 2025 · volume 47 · (issue 5) · pp. 95–100 · PDF [full text]

Abstract: This paper reports the butterfly Cogia stylites (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869) feeding on a Fabaceae tree species in Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil. The immature specimen was found inside its shelter, constructed using leaflets from the host plant identified as Senna multijuga subsp. lindleyana var. lindleyana (Gardner) H.S. Irwin and Barneby (Fabaceae: Caesalpinioideae). Other species of Cogia Butler, 1870, and the closely related genus Typhedanus Butler, 1870, have a specific relationship with plants of the genus Senna Mill. Thus, this is the first report of C. stylites feeding on Senna Mill. species.

Keywords: Fabaceae, Lepidoptera, Senna, shelter, Typhedanina, Typhedanus

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