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Species Amblyscirtes linda - Linda's Roadside-Skipper - Hodges#4093

Linda's Roadside-Skipper - Amblyscirtes linda

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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 Moncina

Genus Amblyscirtes

Species linda (Linda's Roadside-Skipper - Hodges#4093)

Hodges Number

4093

Explanation of Names

Amblyscirtes linda H. Freeman, 1943

Linda was one of H. Avery Freeman's daughters

Size

Average wingspan:

♀ 24-29 mm.

♂ 28 mm.

Range

primarily occurs in e. OK - Map (MPG)

Season

Adults are most common from March to September. (MPG)

Food

Indian woodoats - Chasmanthium latifolium (Poaceae)

Remarks

This species is considered by the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation to be a "Species of Greatest Conservation Need" (SGCN) (1)

Print References

Freeman, H.A. 1943. Two new species of Amblyscirtes from Texas and Arkansas (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera: Hesperiidae). Entomological News 54(1): 19-20.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group - MPG

Butterflies of America - BOA

Works Cited

1.	Oklahoma "Species of Greatest Conservation Need" (SGCN) - 2005

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 26 May, 2013 - 8:52pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 30 May, 2016 - 11:01pm

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