Oligoria

Oligoria is a genus of butterflies in the family Hesperiidae. It contains only one species, the twin-spot skipper (Oligoria maculata) which is found in the United States along the coast of North Carolina south through Florida and west along the Gulf Coast to east Texas. Strays can be found as far north as Pennsylvania, Maryland and New Jersey.[2]

Oligoria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Hesperiidae
Genus:
Oligoria

Scudder, 1872
Species:
O. maculata
Binomial name
Oligoria maculata
(Edwards, 1865)[1]
Synonyms
  • Hesperia maculata Edwards, 1865
  • Cobalus grossula Herrich-Schäffer, 1869
  • Cobalus deleta Herrich-Schäffer, 1869
  • Hesperia norus Plötz, 1883
  • Oligoria orthomenes (Scudder, 1889) (nomen nudum)

The wingspan is 35–42 mm. The wings are rounded and brown black. There are four transparent spots on the upperside of the forewings. The underside of the hindwings has a pale red-brown overlay and three white spots. Adults are on wing from April to September in two or possibly three generations per year. They feed on flower nectar of various plant species, including Pontederia species.

The larvae feed on various Poaceae species.

References
  1. Oligoria, Site of Markku Savela
  2. Butterflies and Moths of North America


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