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Wind's Skipper

(Windia windi)

 

 

Wind's Skipper (Windia windi H.A. Freeman)

Wing span: 1 1/4 - 1 1/2 inches (3.2 - 3.8 cm).

Identification: Gray brown with large translucent patches on forewing. Male forewing pointed.

Life history: Males perch in gullies at bottoms of steep canyons to await females.

Flight: August-September (1 flight).

Caterpillar hosts: Unknown.

Adult food: Unknown.

Habitat: Subtropical scrub.

Range: Western Mexico. Rare vagrant to southeastern Arizona.

 

Wind's Skipper (Windia windi)