Problema byssus

Species of butterfly

Problema byssus
Male
Female
Conservation status

Apparently Secure  (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Problema
Species:
P. byssus
Binomial name
Problema byssus
(Edwards, 1880)[2]
Synonyms
  • Pamphila byssus Edwards, 1880
  • Limochroes byssus

Problema byssus, the byssus skipper or bunchgrass skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found along the Atlantic coastal plain of North America, from North Carolina south to Florida and the Gulf States and from northern Indiana west to Iowa and south to Missouri and Kansas.[3]

The wingspan is 37–46 mm.

The larvae feed on Tripsacum dactyloides.

Subspecies

  • Problema byssus byssus
  • Problema byssus kumskaka (Scudder, 1887)

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Problema byssus.
Wikispecies has information related to Problema byssus.
  1. ^ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0 Problema byssus Byssus Skipper". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
  2. ^ Problema, Site of Markku Savela
  3. ^ Butterflies and Moths of North America collecting and sharing data about Lepidoptera
Taxon identifiers
Problema byssus


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