Glassy-winged Skipper (Xenophanes tryxus [Stoll])
Wing span: 1 1/8 - 1 5/16 inches (2.9 - 3.3 cm).
Identification: Forewing has an irregular outer margin; hindwing is slightly scalloped. Upperside is gray-black with irregular transparent patches.
Life history: Not reported.
Flight: Three broods from February-December in South Texas; many flights in Mexico.
Caterpillar hosts: Malvaviscus and Malachra in the mallow family (Malvaceae).
Adult food: Flower nectar.
Habitat: Subtropical open areas.
Range: Argentina north through tropical America to northern Mexico. A periodic resident in the lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas, and a rare stray to southwest New Mexico.
