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I'm pretty sure Peck's Skipper isn't a Wasp

The scientific name of Peck's Skipper on the European Skipper page (under Range) has a perfect typo. A stray "s " turned the normally polite and docile Skipper in the genus Polites into a scary-looking Wasp from the genus Polistes.

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Fixed!
Thanks for catching it.

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