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For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
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Crossline Skipper - Hodges#4042 (Polites origenes)
Species
Polites origenes
- Crossline Skipper - Hodges#4042
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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
Polites
Species
origenes
(Crossline Skipper - Hodges#4042)
Hodges Number
4042
Food
grasses
including Little Bluestem (
Schizachrium scoparium
) and Purpletop (
Tridens flavus
)
Internet References
Butterflies of Canada
(CBIF)
Butterflies and Moths of North America
Wisconsin Butterflies
Contributed by
Cotinis
on 29 March, 2005 - 5:06am
Additional contributions by
marcie oconnor
,
Abigail Parker
,
edanko
Last updated 10 February, 2015 - 8:09am