Poanes

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Zabulon Skipper, Poanes zabulon
Zabulon Skipper, Poanes zabulon
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Poanes
Scudder, 1872

Poanes is a genus of skippers (family Hesperiidae) distributed throughout North and Central America. The larvae feed on grasses and sedges. Species include:

  • P. aaroni - Aaron's Skipper
  • P. benito - Benito's Skipper
  • P. hobomok - Hobomok Skipper
Recorded food plants include Panicum and Poa
  • P. inimica - Yellow-stained Skipper
  • P. massasoit - Mulberry Wing
Food plant: Carex stricta
  • P. melane - Umber Skipper
  • P. monticola - Oyamel Skipper
  • P. niveolimbus - Snow-fringed Skipper
  • P. taxiles - Golden Skipper
  • P. ulphila - Ulphila Skipper
  • P. viator - Broad-winged Skipper
Recorded food plants include Carex, Panicum, Phragmites, Zizania and Zizaniopsis
  • P. yehl - Yehl Skipper
Food plant: Arundinaria
Recorded food plants include Agrostis, Dactylis, Elytrigia, Eragrostis, Leymus, Poa, Puccinellia and Tridens

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