| Mulberry Wing | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Poanes |
| Species: | P. massasoit |
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| Poanes massasoit (Scudder, 1864) |
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The Mulberry Wing (Poanes massasoit) is a skipper butterfly found in North America.
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It is found on the U.S. east coast, in a few states south and southwest of the Great Lakes, and in southern Ontario and Quebec.[1]
Wingspan is 22–29 mm.
Larva feed on narrow-leafed sedges (Carex stricta) and possibly C. aquatilis, Poaceae, and Cyperaceae sp.[2]