Panoquina ocola

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

Secure  (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
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

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
  • Feeding imago
    Feeding imago
  • A pair feeding at Buddleja inflorescence
    A pair feeding at Buddleja inflorescence

References
  1. "NatureServe Explorer 2.0 Panoquina ocola Ocola Skipper". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
  2. Opler, Paul A., Harry Pavulaan, Ray E. Stanford, Michael Pogue, coordinators (2006). "Ocola Skipper Panoquina ocola (W.H. Edwards, 1863) | Butterflies and Moths of North America". Big Sky Institute. Retrieved 2020-06-23.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)


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