Julia's Skipper

Nastra julia is a year-round resident in southern Texas and California/Arizona and ranges south to Costa Rica (Scott 1986). Habitats are moist grassy places, stream banks, and grassy ditches. Host plants are grasses, especially species Cynodon dactylon. There are multiple flights all year in southern Texas, April 1- Oct. 31 elsewhere (Scott 1986).

Nastra julia, the Julia's skipper, is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in North America from southern Texas to central Mexico.

The wingspan is 24–29 mm. Adults are on wing year-round in southern Texas and from April to October in the rest of the range.

The larvae feed on Cynodon dactylon. Adults feed on flower nectar.