Poanes massasoit

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

Mulberry wing
Scientific 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)

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

Larva feed on narrow-leafed sedges (Carex stricta) and possibly C. aquatilis, Poaceae, and Cyperaceae sp.[2]

male and female specimens
gollark: I KNEW IT! MAYBE!
gollark: What if Lemmmy is Terra's alt?
gollark: Just felt like pointing it out.
gollark: At least bees aren't known to contain the color green.
gollark: At least JS doesn't have undefined behavior! Well, as much!

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