Problema byssus

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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]

Problema byssus
Male
Female

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

The wingspan is 37–46 mm.

The larvae feed on Tripsacum dactyloides.

Subspecies

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

References

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  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