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Species Synapte pecta - Malicious Skipper - Hodges#3987

Malicious Skipper - Synapte pecta Malicious Skipper - Synapte pecta
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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 Falgina
Genus Synapte
Species pecta (Malicious Skipper - Hodges#3987)
Hodges Number
3987
Other Common Names
Northern Faceted-Skipper (BOA)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Syn: Synapte malitiosa pecta - NABA name
Explanation of Names
Synapte pecta Evans, 1955
Range
s. TX (as a stray) to Costa Rica - Map (MPG, BOA)
Remarks
First U.S. Record: Pharr, Hidalgo Co., Texas - 1944 (Freeman, 1945)
Print References
Freeman, H.A. 1945. Notes on some Hesperiidae, with new records for the United States (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Entomological News 56(4): 102-104.
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