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Species Hesperia ottoe - Ottoe Skipper - Hodges#4022

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Ottoe Skipper - Hesperia ottoe Ottoe Skipper - Hesperia ottoe - male Ottoe Skipper - Hesperia ottoe - female Ottoe Skipper - Hesperia ottoe - male Ottoe Skipper - Hesperia ottoe - male Ottoe Skipper - Hesperia ottoe - male Ottoe Skipper - Hesperia ottoe - female Ottoe skipper - Hesperia ottoe - female
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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 Hesperiinae (Grass Skippers)
Tribe Hesperiini
Subtribe Hesperiina
Genus Hesperia (Branded Skippers)
Species ottoe (Ottoe Skipper - Hodges#4022)

Hodges Number

4022

Food

Little Bluestem and other small prairie bunch grasses. (Minnesota DNR) Females lay eggs on Pale Purple Coneflower but it is not a larval foodplant. (Robert Dana - PDF)

Internet References

Butterflies and Moths of North America
Minnesota DNR
Wisconsin Butterflies
iNaturalist
An unusual oviposition substrate for Hesperia ottoe in southwestern Minnesota - Robert Dana - PDF
Contributed by Joel Kits on 19 March, 2005 - 8:49pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, marcie oconnor
Last updated 15 July, 2024 - 2:26pm

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