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Molo
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Subtribe:	Carystina
Genus:	Molo Godman, 1900

Molo is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae. Small (wingspan about 25 millimeters), brown and orange smugglers. These species are quite variable, the species of brown and orange varies widely within a species, some individuals also have white spots instead of orange. As is common in Hesperiini, it is almost impossible to recognize the genus only on the outer appearance.

Species

Recognised species in the genus Molo include:

• Molo mango Guenée, 1865
• Molo pelta (Evans, 1955)

Former species

• Molo calcarea Schaus, 1902 - transferred to Psoralis calcarea (Schaus, 1902)
• Molo visendus (Bell, 1942) - transferred to Psoralis visendus (Bell, 1942)

References

1. ^ Cong, Qian; Zhang, Jing; Shen, Jinhui; Grishin, Nick (2019). "Fifty new genera of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera)". Insecta Mundi. 0731: 1–56.

• Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database

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