Map Snapshot
2 Records
Relationships
Host plant: Most resources record the host plant for Twin-spot Skipper as grasses. The Florida Native Plant Society adds that Bushy Bluestem might be a possible host plant for the species. The Miami Blue Chapter of the North American Butterfly Association also lists Broomsedge Bluestem and Little Bluestem.
Seasonality Snapshot
Source: Wikipedia
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Oligoria |
| Species: | O. maculata
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| Binomial name | |
| Oligoria maculata (Edwards, 1865)[2]
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Oligoria maculata, the twin-spot skipper, is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in the United States along the coast of North Carolina south through Florida and west along the Gulf Coast to east Texas. Strays can be found as far north as Pennsylvania, Maryland and New Jersey.[3]
The wingspan is 35–42 mm. The wings are rounded and brown black. There are four transparent spots on the upperside of the forewings. The underside of the hindwings has a pale red-brown overlay and three white spots. Adults are on wing from April to September in two or possibly three generations per year. They feed on flower nectar of various plant species, including Pontederia species.
The larvae feed on various Poaceae species.
References
[edit]- ^ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0 Oligoria maculata Twin-spot Skipper". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
- ^ Oligoria, Site of Markku Savela
- ^ Butterflies and Moths of North America
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