Amblyscirtes hegon

Amblyscirtes hegon, the pepper-and-salt skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found from Nova Scotia and Maine, west to southern Manitoba, south to Georgia, northern Florida and south-eastern Texas. It is mostly absent from the coastal plain.

Pepper-and-salt skipper
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Amblyscirtes
Species:
A. hegon
Binomial name
Amblyscirtes hegon
(Scudder, 1864)[1]
Synonyms
  • Hesperia hegon Scudder, 1864
  • Hesperia samoset Scudder, 1863
  • Hesperia nemoris Edwards, 1864
  • Pyrgus argina Plötz, 1884

The wingspan is 25–31 mm. Adults are on wing from April to July. There is one generation per year.

The larvae feed on Poa pratensis, Sorghastrum nutans, Sorghastrum secundum, and Chasmanthium latifolia. Adults feed on flower nectar, including viburnum and blackberry.

References
  1. Pepper and Salt Skipper (Amblyscirtes hegon) (Scudder, 1864), Butterflies of Canada


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