Hesperia sassacus, the Indian skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae.
The following subspecies are recognised:[2]
The wingspan is 25–30 mm. The flight period is late May to early July.[3]
It is found from northeastern U.S., and in Canada in southwestern New Brunswick and in a broad band from the Eastern Townships of Quebec through to southern Manitoba.[3]
The larvae feed on nodding fescue (Festuca obtusa), poverty grass (Danthonia spicata), and panic grass (Panicum), Bouteloua, Andropogon, Aristida, and Poaceae species.[3][4]
Hesperia sassacus, the Indian skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae.
Hesperia sassacus is een vlinder uit de familie van de dikkopjes (Hesperiidae).[1] De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort is voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 1862 door Thaddeus William Harris.
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