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Species Hesperopsis libya - Mojave Sootywing - Hodges#3979

Pyrginae - Spread-wing Skipper of some sort? - Hesperopsis libya

Mojave Sootywing - Hodges#3979 - Hesperopsis libya

Mojave Sootywing - Hesperopsis libya - 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 Pyrginae (Spread-wing Skippers)

Tribe Carcharodini

Genus Hesperopsis (Sootywings)

Species libya (Mojave Sootywing - Hodges#3979)

Hodges Number

3979

Food

Larval food plant: Atriplex canescens

Contributed by tom murray on 23 November, 2007 - 7:01pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Hartmut Wisch
Last updated 3 July, 2017 - 3:24am

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