Salt Marsh Skipper
Panoquina panoquin
Summary 7
The Salt Marsh Skipper (Panoquina panoquin) is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is found along the Atlantic Coast of North America, from New York south to Florida and the Florida Keys, west along the Gulf Coast to southern Texas.
North american ecology (us and canada) 8
Panoquina panoquin is a year-round resident along the east and south coast of the United States from Massachusetts to Texas (Scott 1986). Habitats are coastal salt marsh. Host plants are possibly the grass Spartina or Distichlis spicata. There are multiple flights each year with the approximate flight time Feb.1-Dec 31 in the southern part of their range (Florida), and several flights July 1-late Aug. in the northern part of the range (New York) (Scott 1986).
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- (c) Mary Keim, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), https://www.flickr.com/photos/38514062@N03/17489723471/
- (c) Bill Berthet, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://butterfliesofamerica.com/images/Hesperiidae/Hesperiinae/Panoquina_panoquin/Panoquina_panoquin_USA_FLORIDA_Duval_Co._15-IX-2008_BERTHET_1.JPG
- (c) Bill Berthet, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://butterfliesofamerica.com/images/Hesperiidae/Hesperiinae/Panoquina_panoquin/Panoquina_panoquin_USA_FLORIDA_Duval_Co._15-IX-2008_BERTHET_2.JPG
- (c) Bill Berthet, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://butterfliesofamerica.com/images/Hesperiidae/Hesperiinae/Panoquina_panoquin/Panoquina_panoquin_USA_FLORIDA_Nassau_Co._Sawpit_Boat_Ramp_09-X-2006_BERTHET.jpg
- (c) Bill Berthet, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://butterfliesofamerica.com/images/Hesperiidae/Hesperiinae/Panoquina_panoquin/Panoquina_panoquin_USA_FLORIDA_Nassau_Co._23-1X-2007_BERTHET.jpg
- (c) Bill Berthet, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://butterfliesofamerica.com/images/Hesperiidae/Hesperiinae/Panoquina_panoquin/Panoquina_panoquin_USA_FLORIDA_Nassau_Co._06-X-2007_BERTHET.jpg
- (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panoquina_panoquin
- (c) Leslie Ries, some rights reserved (CC BY), http://eol.org/data_objects/20626436
More Info
- iNat taxon page
- Animal Diversity Web
- Biodiversity Heritage Library
- BOLD Systems BIN search
- BugGuide
- Butterflies and Moths of North America
- CUIC Insect Images
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
- HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
- Maryland Biodiversity Project
- Maryland Moths
- Moth Photographers Group
- Moths of North Carolina
- NatureServe Explorer 2.0
