Ploetzia Saalmüller, 1884

Cock, Matthew J. W., Congdon, Colin E. & Collins, Steve C., 2014, Observations on the biology of Afrotropical Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera). Part 6. Hesperiinae incertae sedis: palm feeders, Zootaxa 3831 (1), pp. 1-61 : 5

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3831.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5121688
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scientific name	Ploetzia Saalmüller, 1884
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The genus Ploetzia was established by Saalmüller (1884) for the single species P. amygdalis (Mabille) . Amongst African Hesperiidae , this is one of very few species with gregarious caterpillars ( Pteroteinon laufella , below, is another), supporting its unique position.