Summary ⁷

The Hobomok Skipper (Poanes hobomok) is a North American butterfly of the Hesperiidae family.

General description ⁸

Peck's Skipper (Polites peckius) is the only other skipper that shares the large, brown-bordered yellowish patch on the hindwing underside; in Hobomok the pale patch is continous throughout the median area, and in Peck's this patch is separated into two areas by a median dark patch. These two species can also be separated by the presence of the prominent black dash on the forewing of Peck's. The female Hobomok Skipper figured in Bird et al. (1995) is actually a female Peck's Skipper (N. Kondla, pers. comm.), See Layberry et al. (1998) for an illustration of a Hobomok female. Only the nominate subspecies occurs in Alberta.

Distribution ⁹

A species of the temperate woodlands of eastern North America, at its western range limit in central Alberta (Opler 1999).

Habitat ¹⁰

Grassy openings in or near aspen forest.

Migration ¹¹

Non-Migrant: No. All populations of this species make significant seasonal migrations.

Locally Migrant: No. No populations of this species make local extended movements (generally less than 200 km) at particular times of the year (e.g., to breeding or wintering grounds, to hibernation sites).

Locally Migrant: No. No populations of this species make annual migrations of over 200 km.

Flowering plants visited by poanes hobomok in illinois ¹²

Poanes hobomok Harris: Hesperiidae, Lepidoptera
(observations are from Robertson, Graenicher, Stephenson, and Barrett & Helenurm; this is the Hobomok Skipper)

Asclepiadaceae: Asclepias purpurascens plab sn; Asteraceae: Aster puniceus sn (Gr), Erigeron annuus sn (Gr), Eupatoriadelphus purpureus sn (Gr), Eupatorium perfoliatum sn (Gr); Bignoniaceae: Catalpa speciosa sn np (St); Lamiaceae: Glechoma hederacea sn np (Rb); Liliaceae: Clintonia borealis sn (BH)
Insect activities:
np = non-pollinating
sn = sucks nectar

Scientific observers:
(BH) = Barrett & Helenurm
(Gr) = S. Graenicher
(Rb) = Charles Robertson
(St) = Andrew G. Stephenson

Conservation status ¹³

This species has a limited range in Alberta. It is currently ranked S2 by ANHIC.

Sources and Credits

1. (c) Kent McFarland, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://www.flickr.com/photos/32750264@N02/5773551209
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7. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poanes_hobomok
8. (c) University of Alberta Museums, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://eol.org/data_objects/31887278
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More Info

• iNat taxon page
• Animal Diversity Web
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• CUIC Insect Images
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants

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