Tosta

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Hesperiidae
Subfamilia: Pyrginae
Tribus: Achlyodidini
Genus: Tosta
Species: T. capra – T. gorgus – T. niger – T. platypterus – T. pseudospeculum – T. sapasoa – T. saltarana – T. taurus – T. tosta
Name

Tosta W.H. Evans, 1953

Type species: Tosta tosta W.H. Evans, 1953
References

Austin, G.T., 1998: Hesperiidae of Rondônia, Brazil: Anastrus and Tosta, with descriptions of two new species (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae: Pyrginae). Tropical Lepidoptera Research 9 (Suppl. 2): 19–25. Full article: [1].
Bell, E.L., 1937: New genera and species of Neotropical Hesperiidae with notes on some others (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). American Museum Novitates 914: 1–17. Full article: [2].
Lamas, G., 2004; Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera; Checklist: Part 4A; Hesperioidea - Papilionoidea.
Li, W., Cong. Q., Shen, J.H., Zhang, J., Hallwachs, W., Janzen, D.H. & Grishin, N.V. 2019. Genomes of skipper butterflies reveal extensive convergence of wing patterns. PNAS 116(13): 6232–6237. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1821304116. Text. SI Appendix. Reference page.
Nicolay, S.S., 1973: Descriptions of new neotropical Hesperiidae. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 27 (4): 243–257. Full article: [3].
Siewert, R.R., Mielke, O.H.H. & Casagrande, M.M. 2015. Tosta Evans, 1953 (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae): a new species from northeast Brazil, first description of the female of Tosta tosta Evans, 1953, and placement of the genus within Achlyodini. Zootaxa 3999(3): 446–450. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3999.3.10. Preview (PDF) Reference page.
Steinhauser, S.R., 2007: Four new species of neotropical skippers from Colombia, Peru and Brazil (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae). Bulletin of the Allyn Museum 147: 1–11.

Tosta is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
References

Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database