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Atrytonopsis loammi (Southern Dusted Skipper)

Synonyms: Atrytonopsis hianna loammi; Lerema loammi; Pamphila regulus; Parnara apostologica

Wikipedia Abstract

Atrytonopsis loammi, the Loammi skipper or southern dusted skipper, is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is found in the United States on barrier islands in North Carolina and from South Carolina to Florida and Mississippi. Some authors consider it to be a subspecies of Atrytonopsis hianna. The wingspan is about 32 mm. Adults are on wing from early April to mid-May and mid-July to late August. The larvae feed on Schizachyrium littorale.
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Prey / Diet

Schizachyrium scoparium (little bluestem)[1]

External References

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0