Rank Species | Family Hesperiidae Scientific name Panoquina ocola Higher classification Panoquina Order Butterflies and moths | |
Similar Lerema accius, Polites vibex, Euphyes vestris, Atalopedes campestris, Erynnis horatius | ||
Panoquina ocola, the ocola skipper or long-winged skipper, is a species of butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Paraguay north through tropical America and the West Indies to south Texas. Strays north to southeast Arizona, west Texas, central Missouri, Ohio, central Pennsylvania, and Long Island.
The wingspan is 35–43 mm.
The larvae feed on Oryza sativa, Saccharum officinarum and Hymenachne amplexicaulis.
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