Animalia > Arthropoda > Insecta > Lepidoptera > Hesperiidae > Hesperia > Hesperia ottoe

Hesperia ottoe (Ottoe Skipper)

Synonyms: Pamphila ogallala

Wikipedia Abstract

Hesperia ottoe, the Ottoe skipper, is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is found in the central U.S. but has been recorded in Canada only in a small area of southern Manitoba. The wingspan is 29–35 mm. The flight period is from mid-June to early August. The larvae feed on Poaceae species, Leptoloma cognatum, little bluestem (Andropogon scoparius), and, in Minnesota, on the flowers of purple coneflower (Echinacea angustifolia).
View Wikipedia Record: Hesperia ottoe

Endangered Species

Status: Endangered
View IUCN Record: Hesperia ottoe

Attributes

Wing Span [1]  1.26 inches (.032 m)

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Calvin College Ecosystem Preserve 90 Michigan, United States

Prey / Diet

Carex geyeri (Geyer's sedge)[2]

External References

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Butterflies of Canada, Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility
2HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
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