Species Anaea andria - Goatweed Leafwing - Hodges#4554

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In most of its U.S. distribution there are no closely similar species. In south where other species do occur, males of those species are usually more strongly patterned with dark above, and the outer margin of the hind wing of both genders is distinctly toothed between the tail and the annal (inner/lower) angle. In [i]A. andria there is no tooth here, or at best a slight outward angle.

Roughly south of a line from se. Arizona across New Mexico, east of the Rockies in Colorado and s. Wyoming, sw. South Dakota, Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, and West Virgina, Virginia, and North Carolina. Sometimes straying and establishing further north, but apparently only temporarily. Rarely seen east of the Appalachians north of the Carolinas.

Usually at least two broods per year, depending on climate. Adults overwinter.

Goatweed - Croton species