Ochlodes yuma

Ochlodes yuma
Male specie of Ochlodes yuma
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Ochlodes
Species:
O. yuma
Binomial name
Ochlodes yuma

Ochlodes yuma, the Yuma skipper, is a species of grass skipper in the butterfly family Hesperiidae that lives in wetlands of western North America. Its only known host is common reed (Phragmites australis).


Subspecies

These five subspecies belong to the species Ochlodes yuma:

References

  1. ↑ "Ochlodes yuma". NatureServe Explorer. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
  2. ↑ "Ochlodes yuma Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  3. ↑ Lotts, Kelly; Naberhaus, Thomas. "Yuma Skipper Ochlodes yuma (W.H. Edwards, 1873) | Butterflies and Moths of North America". Butterflies and Moths of North America. Retrieved 17 September 2024.
  4. ↑ Shapiro, Art. "Ochlodes yuma | Art Shapiro's Butterfly Site". Art Shapiro's Butterfly Site. Retrieved 17 September 2024.

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