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Panoquina ocola

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Panoquina ocola, the ocola skipper or long-winged skipper, is a species of butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Paraguay north through tropical America and the West Indies to south Texas, and strays occur north to southeast Arizona, Kansas, Illinois, Michigan, southern Ontario, and New York.[2]

Quick facts Ocola skipper, Conservation status ...
Ocola skipper
A mounted specimen, and
the imago in flight, Virginia
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Secure (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Panoquina
Species:
P. ocola
Binomial name
Panoquina ocola
(W.H. Edwards, 1863)
Synonyms
  • Hesperia ocola Edwards, 1863
  • Calpodes ocola
  • Prenes ocola
  • Pamphila stratyllis Burmeister, 1878
  • Pamphila heterospila Mabille, 1878
  • Pamphila ortygia Möschler, 1883
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The wingspan is 35–43 mm.

The larvae feed on Oryza sativa, Saccharum officinarum and Hymenachne amplexicaulis.

Subspecies

  • Panoquina ocola ocola — Florida to Ohio, Mexico to Brazil, Argentina, Venezuela to Peru, Suriname
  • Panoquina ocola distipuncta Johnson & Matusik, 1988 — Dominican Republic

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