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least skipper |
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Ancyloxypha numitor |
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| Taxonomy | Order: |
Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths) |
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Suborder: |
Glossata |
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Infraorder: |
Neolepidoptera |
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Parvorder: |
Heteroneura |
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Ditrysia |
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Obtectomera |
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Superfamily: |
Hesperioidea (skippers) |
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Family: |
Hesperiidae (skippers) |
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Subfamily: |
Hesperiinae (grass skippers) |
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| Status |
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| Flight/Season | Three broods from early June to late September |
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| Habitat | Wet meadows, marshes, slow streams |
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| Size |
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| Identification | Larva The larva (caterpillar) is green, slender, and less than A plate (prothoracic shield) extends across the upper part of the first thoracic segment. The white, forward portion of the shield is about twice as wide as the black, rearward portion. There is a white, two-segmented wax gland along the bottom of each side of abdominal sections 4, 5, and 6. There is a similar, one-segmented wax gland on abdominal Adult
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| Larval Food | Grasses |
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| Adult Food | Flower nectar |
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| Life Cycle |
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| Behavior |
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| Range |  |
Sources: 7, 20, 21. | |||||
| Sightings | St. Croix Savanna SNA | ||||||
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| Synonyms | Ancyloxypha longleyi Hesperia bion Heteropterus marginatus Thymelicus puer |
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| Common Names |
least skipper |
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