Species Amblyscirtes reversa - Reversed Roadside-Skipper

Classification · Habitat · Season · Food

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Hesperioidea (Skippers)

Family Hesperiidae (Skippers)

Subfamily Hesperiinae (Grass Skippers)

Genus Amblyscirtes

Species reversa (Reversed Roadside-Skipper)

Habitat

Pine-dominated wet areas near cane.

Season

Three flight periods from April-August in the coastal plain of North Carolina.

Food

Cane (Arundinaria spp.)

Contributed by Will Cook on 30 September, 2006 - 7:42pm

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