Poanes
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 Zabulon Skipper, Poanes zabulon
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Poanes is a genus of skippers (family Hesperiidae) distributed throughout North and Central America. The larvae feed on grasses and sedges.
Species include:
- Aaron's Skipper, Poanes aaroni
- Benito's Skipper, Poanes benito
- Hobomok Skipper, Poanes hobomok
- Yellow-stained Skipper, Poanes inimica
- Mulberry Wing, Poanes massasoit
- Food plant: Carex elata
- Umber Skipper, Poanes melane
- Oyamel Skipper, Poanes monticola
- Snow-fringed Skipper, Poanes niveolimbus
- Golden Skipper, Poanes taxiles
- Ulphila Skipper, Poanes ulphila
- Broad-winged Skipper, Poanes viator
- Recorded food plants include Carex, Panicum, Phragmites, Zizania and Zizaniopsis
- Yehl Skipper, Poanes yehl
- Food plant: Arundinaria
- Zabulon Skipper, Poanes zabulon
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