Animalia > Arthropoda > Insecta > Lepidoptera > Hesperiidae > Systasea > Systasea pulverulenta

Systasea pulverulenta (Powdered skipper)

Synonyms: Leucochitonea pulverulenta; Plesiocera filipalpis; Tagiades taeniatus

Wikipedia Abstract

Systasea pulverulenta, the Texas powdered skipper, is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is found in North America from southern and western Texas, south through Mexico to Guatemala in Central America. The wingspan is 24–35 millimetres (0.94–1.38 in). Adults are on wing from February to December in southern Texas. The larvae feed on various Malvaceae species. Adults feed on flower nectar.
View Wikipedia Record: Systasea pulverulenta

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Carlsbad Caverns National Park II 15448 New Mexico, United States

Prey / Diet

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Celotes nessus (common streaky-skipper)3

External References

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1HOSTS - 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