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Ochlodes sylvanoides (Woodland Skipper)

Synonyms: Hesperia francisca; Hesperia sylvanoides

Wikipedia Abstract

Ochlodes sylvanoides, the woodland skipper, is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is found in North America from British Columbia south to southern California, east to Montana, Colorado and Arizona. The larvae feed on various Poaceae species, including Cynodon dactylon, Phalaris, Elymus and Agropyron species.
View Wikipedia Record: Ochlodes sylvanoides

Infraspecies

Ochlodes sylvanoides bonnevilla
Ochlodes sylvanoides catalina
Ochlodes sylvanoides napa
Ochlodes sylvanoides omnigena
Ochlodes sylvanoides orecoasta
Ochlodes sylvanoides pratincola
Ochlodes sylvanoides santacruza
Ochlodes sylvanoides sylvanoides
Ochlodes sylvanoides yuma (Yuma Skipper)

Attributes

Wing Span [1]  0.984 inches (.025 m)

Prey / Diet

External References

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Butterflies of Canada, Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility
♦ 2Jorrit 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