Ochlodes sylvanoides

Ochlodes sylvanoides
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Ochlodes
Species:
O. sylvanoides
Binomial name
Ochlodes sylvanoides
(Boisduval, 1852)[1]
Synonyms
  • Hesperia sylvanoides Boisduval, 1852
  • Anthomaster sylvanoides
  • Hesperia pratincola Boisduval, 1852
  • Hesperia francisca Plötz, 1883

Ochlodes sylvanoides, the woodland skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in North America from British Columbia south to southern California, east to Montana, Colorado and Arizona.[2]

The wingspan is 25–32 mm. Adults feed on flower nectar.

The larvae feed on various Poaceae species, including Cynodon dactylon, Phalaris, Elymus and Agropyron species.

  1. ^ "Poanes, Site of Markku Savela". www.nic.funet.fi. Retrieved 2020-06-24.
  2. ^ "Woodland Skipper Ochlodes sylvanoides (Boisduval, 1852) Butterflies and Moths of North America". www.butterfliesandmoths.org. Retrieved 2020-06-24.