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Skipper sp. - Schinia honesta

Skipper sp. - Schinia honesta
Skykomish, Beckler Rd. then 13 miles up from Hwy 2 on forest rd 65, King County, Washington, USA
July 6, 2013
Size: 25mm
I thought that this tiny butterfly was a Skipper but it does not appear to be in "The Butterflies of Csacadia"

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Skipper sp. - Schinia honesta Skipper sp. ? - Schinia honesta

Moved
Moved from Schinia verna.

this is schinia honesta, whic
this is schinia honesta, which replaces verna west of the prairies

Moved
Moved from Frass. We thought it better to frass the more recent image and keep the one with all the comments so we switched.

Frassed due to multiple posts of this moth see thumb below.
Moved from Moths.

Moved
Moved from Skippers.

Moved
Moved from ID Request.

Schinia verna
Thanks for the help with the ID and I agree it certainly looks identical to the specimen in the link, Question, if this is the first US confirmation of this species how do we go about certifying that or doing whatever needs to be done to put it in the record books?

 
Maury will certainly comment soon
He will likely bring this to the attention of Bob Patterson and Chuck Harp

Looks more like a Schinia moth
Nice find. Some of the many species that it might be related to.

but it doesn't look exactly like any of those to us.

Flower Moth ?
Schinia verna - 11102.1 . If so first for BugGuide and U.S.?

 
i think you nailed
it...http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=11102.1

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