- Panoquina ocola
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Panoquina ocola 
Adult in Hephzibah, Georgia Scientific classification 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 Ocola Skipper or Long-windged Skipper (Panoquina ocola) is a species of butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. 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.[1]
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, Surinam)
- Panoquina ocola distipuncta Johnson & Matusik, 1988 (Dominican Republic)
References
- ^ Opler, Paul A., Harry Pavulaan, Ray E. Stanford, Michael Pogue, coordinators (2006). "Panoquina ocola". Big Sky Institute. http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species?l=2173. Retrieved 2009-03-09.
Categories:- Animals described in 1863
- Butterflies and moths of North America
- Panoquina
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