( Poanes melane )
PHOTO COMMENT
(W. H. Edwards ,1869 )
LOCATION DETAILS
RECOGNITION
BIOLOGY
CREDITS
Robert Zucker
Insect Sciences Museum of California
References
| Umber Skipper ( Poanes melane ) | |
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PHOTO COMMENT | |
| IDENTIFICATION | |
| Identification: | Poanes melane (W. H. Edwards ,1869 ) |
| Common Name: | Umber Skipper |
| Life Stage: | (A) adult |
| PHYLOGENY | |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Superorder: | Holometabola |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Suborder: | Glossata |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Subfamily: | Hesperiinae |
| Genus: | Poanes |
| Subpecies: | Poanes melane melane (W. H. Edwards, 1869) & Poanes melane vitellina (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869) |
| Taxon Code: | LEP00565 |
| ITIS/TSN: | 706639 |
LOCATION DETAILS | |
| Location Name | |
| Cerrito Creek, Albany | |
| County: | Alameda County |
| ECI Site#: | CA01020000 |
RECOGNITION | |
| Description | |
| Umber brown, yellowish spots on forewing, hindwing has broad yellowish band. | |
| Wingspan | |
| 32-35 mm. | |
BIOLOGY | |
| Food | |
| Adult: Nectar. Larva: Grasses and sedges. | |
| Habitat | |
| Varied: desert foothills, oak woodlands. | |
| Ecosystem | |
| Varied: desert foothills, oak woodlands | |
| Range | |
| California, west of Sierras, southern Arizona (rare), into Baja California, highlands of Mexico, Central America. | |
| Flight Period | |
| Two or more flights, typically: March-May, September-October | |
| Development | |
| Two or three broods, typically: April-October. | |
CREDITS | |
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Photographer Robert Zucker Insect Sciences Museum of California | |
References | |
| Species Poanes melane - Umber Skipper. (http://bugguide.net/node/view/9790). Accessed March 12, 2016. . | |
| ITIS. | |
| Poanes melane. (butterfly.ucdavis.edu/butterfly/Poanes/melane). Accessed July 16, 2016. | |
