Monza cretacea

Monza cretacea, the white-bodied grass skipper, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, western Kenya and western Tanzania.^[2] The habitat consists of drier forests and secondary habitats and occasionally Guinea savanna.

Phylum:Arthropoda

Class:Insecta

Order:Lepidoptera

Family:Hesperiidae

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Monza cretacea
Female, Ashanti Region, Ghana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Genus:	Monza
Species:	M. cretacea
Binomial name
Monza cretacea (Snellen, 1872)[1]
Synonyms
Goniloba cretacea Snellen, 1872 Hesperia gonessa Hewitson, 1877 Pamphila leucosoma Mabille, 1877 Hesperia camerona Plötz, 1879 Hypoleucis cretacea var. ploetziana Strand, 1921 Acleros oldenburgi Neustetter, 1927

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Adults are attracted to flowers.

The larvae feed on Setaria megaphylla and Saccharum officinarum.