Poanes massasoit
Appearance
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Hesperiidae |
Genus: | Poanes |
Species: | P. massasoit
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Binomial name | |
Poanes massasoit (Scudder, 1864)
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Poanes massasoit, the mulberry wing, is a skipper butterfly found in North America.
Distribution
[edit]It is found on the East Coast of the United States, in a few states south and southwest of the Great Lakes, and in southern Ontario and Quebec.[1]
Wingspan is 22–29 mm.
Host plants
[edit]Larvae feed on tussock sedge (Carex stricta) and possibly C. aquatilis, Poaceae, and other Cyperaceae sp.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Mulberry Wing, Butterflies of Canada
- ^ Poanes, funet.fi
External links
[edit]- Mulberry Wing, Butterflies and Moths of North America