Poanes massasoit, the mulberry wing, is a skipper butterfly found in North America.
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Poanes |
| Species: | P. massasoit |
| Binomial name | |
| Poanes massasoit (Scudder, 1864) | |
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Distribution
editIt is found on the East Coast of the United States, in a few states south and southwest of the Great Lakes, and in southern Ontario and Quebec.[2]
Its wingspan is 22–29 mm.
Behavior and ecology
editLarval host plants
editLarvae feed on tussock sedge (Carex stricta) and possibly C. aquatilis, Poaceae, and other Cyperaceae sp.[3]
Adult food plants
editAdult mulberry wings feed on swamp milkweed, common milkweed, buttonbush, narrowleaf mountainmint,[4] pickerelweed, common self-heal, and tufted vetch.[5] They appear to have a preference for pink, purple, and white flowers.
References
edit- ↑ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 2026-03-12.
- ↑ "Mulberry Wing". Butterflies of Canada.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ Poanes, funet.fi
- ↑ "Find a Butterfly - Mulberry Wing". Mass Audubon. Retrieved 2026-06-18.
- ↑ "Mulberry Wing (Poanes massasoit)". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2026-06-18.
External links
edit- Mulberry Wing, Butterflies and Moths of North America