| Ocola skipper | |
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| A mounted specimen, and the imago in flight, Virginia | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Panoquina |
| Species: | P. ocola
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| Binomial name | |
| Panoquina ocola (W.H. Edwards, 1863)
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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]
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
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Feeding imago -
A pair feeding at Buddleja inflorescence
References
- ^ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0 Panoquina ocola Ocola Skipper". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
- ^ 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.
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