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.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Subtribe: | Carystina |
| Genus: | Molo Godman, 1900 |
Species
editRecognised species in the genus Molo include:
- Molo mango Guenée, 1865[1]
- Molo pelta (Evans, 1955)[1]
Former species
edit- Molo calcarea Schaus, 1902 - transferred to Psoralis calcarea (Schaus, 1902)
- Molo visendus (Bell, 1942) - transferred to Psoralis visendus (Bell, 1942)
References
edit- ^ a b Cong, Qian; Zhang, Jing; Shen, Jinhui; Grishin, Nick (2019). "Fifty new genera of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera)". Insecta Mundi. 0731: 1–56.