Desert Mottled Skipper (Codatractus mysie [Dyar])
Wing span: Not reported.
Identification: Forewing tip is rounded; upperside is golden-brown. Male is without a costal fold. Underside of the hindwing is brown with brown marginal crescents and a pale submarginal band.
Life history: Adults have a weak flight. Caterpillars hibernate.
Flight: One brood from July-August.
Caterpillar hosts: Smoothpod hairypea (Tephrosia leiocarpa) in the pea family (Fabaceae).
Adult food: Flower nectar.
Habitat: Open woodland.
Range: Southern Arizona and Mexico.
