The construction of larval leaf-slielters is a tibic|iiitons yet poorly understood Itehavior within tile Hesperiidae.Most life liistory papers treating tliis family fail to describe this aspect of larval behavior in detail, despite its potential nsefniness for comparative ecological and phylogenetic studies.Here, using 15 years of experience rearing Neotropical skippers, I present a means of describing the five basic types of shelters hnilt by hesperiids.In addition, I provide a jtreliminarv look at the distribution of these types within the stihfamilv Pyrginae and discuss ideas for informative areas of future re.search.
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