- Source: Hesperia metea
Hesperia metea, the cobweb skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It has a scattered distribution in the United States from southern Maine west to Wisconsin, south to central Georgia, the Gulf States and central Texas.
The wingspan is 29–35 mm. There is one generation with adults on wing from late March to early June.
The larvae feed on various grasses, including Schizachyrium scoparium and Andropogon gerardi. Adults feed on flower nectar from various low-growing plants, including Labrador tea, wild strawberry, blackberry, bird's-foot violet, winter cress, red clover, lilac, vervain, Carolina larkspur and wild hyacinth.
Subspecies
Hesperia metea metea (Scudder, 1864)
Hesperia metea intermedia (Gatrelle) - southern cobweb skipper
Hesperia metea licinus (Edwards, 1871) - Licinus cobweb skipper
References
External links
Butterflies and Moths of North America
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Hesperia metea
- Hesperia (butterfly)
- List of butterflies of Nebraska
- List of butterflies of Connecticut
- List of Lepidoptera of Michigan
- List of butterflies of Georgia (U.S. state)
- List of butterflies of Texas
- List of Lepidoptera of Indiana
- List of butterflies of North America (Hesperiidae)
- List of butterflies of Maryland
