Aeromachus

Aeromachus
Aeromachus in Seitz Fauna Palaearctica 86g
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Subfamily: Hesperiinae
Tribe: Aeromachini
Genus: Aeromachus
de Nicéville, 1890

Aeromachus is a genus of Grass Skippers in the family Hesperiidae. The species are known by the common name of Scrub Hoppers.They are found in the eastern Palearctic and the Indomalayan ecozone.

Club of antenna of medium thickness, with a short, recurved tip. The second segment of the palpus erect, the third porrect. Vein 5 of forewing midway between 4 and 6 The males have usually a linear stigma on the forewing which extends from vein 3 to 1.


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