Poanes massasoit

Poanes massasoit
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Genus:	Poanes
Species:	P. massasoit
Binomial name
	Poanes massasoit; (Scudder, 1864)
Subspecies
	P. m. chermocki Andersen & Simmons, 1976; P. m. hughi Clark, 1931;
Synonyms
	Hesperia massasoit Scudder, 1863; Hesperia suffusa (Laurent, 1892);

Poanes massasoit, the mulberry wing, is a skipper butterfly found in North America.

Distribution

It is found on the East Coast of the United States, in a few states south and southwest of the Great Lakes, and in southern Ontario and Quebec.^[1]

Wingspan is 22–29 mm.

Larvae feed on tussock sedge (Carex stricta) and possibly C. aquatilis, Poaceae, and other Cyperaceae sp.^[2]

male and female specimens