Ochlodes agricola, the rural skipper, is a species of grass skipper in the butterfly family Hesperiidae. It is found in Central America and North America.[1][2][3]
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Hesperiidae |
Genus: | Ochlodes |
Species: | O. agricola
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Binomial name | |
Ochlodes agricola (Boisduval, 1852)
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O. agricola is found in mid-elevation habitats and foothills. Adults are ochre-orange. Males have diagonal black markings on fore wings. The underside of the hind wings are solid orange or mottled with brown. Adult males display territorial behavior. Larvae feed on grasses and are yellow with black lines and a black head.[4]
The MONA or Hodges number for Ochlodes agricola is 4055.[5]
Subspecies
editThese three subspecies belong to the species Ochlodes agricola:
- Ochlodes agricola agricola (Boisduval, 1852)
- Ochlodes agricola nemorum (Boisduval, 1852)
- Ochlodes agricola verus (W. H. Edwards, 1881)
References
edit- ^ "Ochlodes agricola Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ "Ochlodes agricola". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ "Ochlodes agricola species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ Will, Kip; Gross, Joyce; Rubinoff, Daniel; Powell, Jerry A. (2020). Field Guide to California Insects. Oakland, California: University of California Press. pp. 404–405. ISBN 9780520288744.
- ^ "North American Moth Photographers Group, Ochlodes agricola". Retrieved 2019-09-23.
Further reading
edit- Pohl, Greg; Patterson, Bob; Pelham, Jonathan (2016). Annotated taxonomic checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico (Report). doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.2186.3287.
External links
edit- Media related to Ochlodes agricola at Wikimedia Commons