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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Butterflies and Skippers (Papilionoidea) » Skippers (Hesperiidae) » Spread-wing Skippers (Pyrginae) » Pyrgini » Xenophanes » Glassy-winged Skipper - Hodges#3936 (Xenophanes tryxus)

Species Xenophanes tryxus - Glassy-winged Skipper - Hodges#3936

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Glassy - winged Skipper (Xenophanes tryxus) - Xenophanes tryxus
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Papilionoidea (Butterflies and Skippers)
Family Hesperiidae (Skippers)
Subfamily Pyrginae (Spread-wing Skippers)
Tribe Pyrgini
Genus Xenophanes
Species tryxus (Glassy-winged Skipper - Hodges#3936)
Hodges Number
3936
Explanation of Names
Xenophanes tryxus (Stoll, 1780)
Range
s. TX (as strays) to Argentina - Map (MPG, BOA)
Remarks
First U.S. records reported by Barnes & McDunnough (1913) from Brownsville, Cameron Co., Texas.
Print References
Barnes, W. & J.H. McDunnough. 1913. Species of Lepidoptera new to our fauna, with synonymical notes. Canadian Entomologist 45(6): 182-185. (Full Text)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group - MPG
Butterflies of America - BOA
Contributed by Kyhl Austin on 13 June, 2015 - 7:23pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, William Edwards
Last updated 28 December, 2017 - 4:30pm

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