Poanes massasoit

Mulberry Wing
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Poanes
Species: P. massasoit
Binomial name
Poanes massasoit
(Scudder, 1864)
Subspecies
  • P. m. chermocki Andersen & Simmons, 1976
  • P. m. hughi Clark, 1931
Synonyms
  • Hesperia massasoit Scudder, 1863
  • Hesperia suffusa (Laurent, 1892)

The Mulberry Wing (Poanes massasoit) is a skipper butterfly found in North America.

Distribution

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.

Host plants

Larva feed on narrow-leafed sedges (Carex stricta) and possibly C. aquatilis, Poaceae, and Cyperaceae sp.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Mulberry Wing, Butterflies of Canada
  2. ↑ Poanes, funet.fi

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