Panoquina ocola
Species of butterfly
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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]
| Ocola skipper | |
|---|---|
| A mounted specimen, and the imago in flight, Virginia | |
| Scientific 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 | |
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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
Gallery
- Feeding imago
- A pair feeding at Buddleja inflorescence