Animalia > Arthropoda > Insecta > Lepidoptera > Hesperiidae > Hesperia > Hesperia nevada

Hesperia nevada (Nevada Skipper)

Synonyms: Pamphila nevada

Infraspecies

Hesperia nevada nevada
Hesperia nevada sierra

Attributes

Wing Span [1]  1.024 inches (.026 m)

Prey / Diet

Festuca calligera (sheep fescue)[1]
Stipa occidentalis (western needlegrass)[1]

Predators

Efferia benedicti[2]

External References

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Butterflies of Canada, Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility
♦ 2Predator-Prey Database for the family Asilidae (Hexapoda: Diptera) Prepared by Dr. Robert Lavigne, Professor Emeritus, University of Wyoming, USA and Dr. Jason Londt (Natal Museum, Pietermaritzburg)
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