Hesperia metea: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Hesperiidae
- Genus
- Hesperia
- Species
- Hesperia metea
- Scientific Name
- Hesperia metea
Summary description from Wikipedia:
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.
...Hesperia metea in languages:
- English
- Cobweb Skipper
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Hesperia assiniboia
- Hesperia attalus
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- Hesperia columbia
- Hesperia comma
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- Hesperia florinda
- Hesperia juba
- Hesperia leonardus
- Hesperia lindseyi
- Hesperia meskei
- Hesperia metea
- Hesperia miriamae
- Hesperia nabokovi
- Hesperia nevada
- Hesperia ottoe
- Hesperia pahaska
- Hesperia pawnee
- Hesperia sassacus
- Hesperia uncas
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