Vernia verna, the little glassywing, is a species of butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in the eastern United States and southeastern Canada, from central New England west to central Nebraska, south to northern Florida, the Gulf Coast and southern Texas.[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Vernia |
| Species: | V. verna
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| Vernia verna (Edwards, 1862)[2]
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The wingspan is 27–39 mm. Adults preferably feed on the nectar of white, pink and purple flowers, including Apocynum, Prunella, Mentha × piperita, Eutrochium and Asclepias.
The larvae feed on Tridens flavus.
Subspecies
edit- Vernia verna verna
- Vernia verna sequoyah (Freeman, 1942)
References
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- ^ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0 Vernia verna Little Glassywing". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
- ^ Pompeius at funet
- ^ Butterflies and Moths of North America
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