Biology:Panoquina ocola
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Short description: Species of butterfly
| Ocola skipper | |
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| A mounted specimen, and the imago in flight, Virginia | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Panoquina |
| Species: | P. ocola
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| Binomial name | |
| Panoquina ocola (W.H. Edwards, 1863)
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Panoquina ocola, the ocola skipper or long-winged skipper, is a species of butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Paraguay north through tropical America and the West Indies to south Texas , and strays occur north to southeast Arizona, Kansas , Illinois, Michigan, southern Ontario, and New York.[2]
The wingspan is 35–43 mm.
The larvae feed on Oryza sativa, Saccharum officinarum and Hymenachne amplexicaulis.
Subspecies
- Panoquina ocola ocola — Florida to Ohio, Mexico to Brazil, Argentina, Venezuela to Peru, Suriname
- Panoquina ocola distipuncta Johnson & Matusik, 1988 — Dominican Republic
Gallery
Feeding imago
A pair feeding at Buddleja inflorescence
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References
- ↑ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0 Panoquina ocola Ocola Skipper". https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.113632/Panoquina_ocola. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
- ↑ Opler, Paul A., Harry Pavulaan, Ray E. Stanford, Michael Pogue, coordinators (2006). "Ocola Skipper Panoquina ocola (W.H. Edwards, 1863) | Butterflies and Moths of North America". Big Sky Institute. https://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species/Panoquina-ocola. Retrieved 2020-06-23.
Wikidata ☰ Q7131481 entry
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