Poanes massasoit

Poanes massasoit
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Poanes
Species:
P. massasoit
Binomial name
Poanes massasoit
(Scudder, 1864)
Subspecies
  • P. m. chermocki Andersen & Simmons, 1976
  • P. m. hughi Clark, 1931
Synonyms
  • Hesperia massasoit Scudder, 1863
  • Hesperia suffusa (Laurent, 1892)

Poanes massasoit, the mulberry wing, is a skipper butterfly found in North America.

Distribution

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

Larvae feed on tussock sedge (Carex stricta) and possibly C. aquatilis, Poaceae, and other Cyperaceae sp.[2]

male and female specimens

References

  1. ^ Mulberry Wing, Butterflies of Canada
  2. ^ Poanes, funet.fi
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