Panoquina ocola

(Panoquina ocola)

Description

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. Strays north to southeast Arizona, west Texas, central Missouri, Ohio, central Pennsylvania, and Long Island. The wingspan is 35–43 mm. The larvae feed on Oryza sativa, Saccharum officinarum and Hymenachne amplexicaulis.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum:
Class: Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Hesperiidae
Genus:Panoquina
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