ML070720481

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ML070720481
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Issue date: 03/07/2007
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Montana State Univ
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Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
ALICIA MULLINS 301-415-1224
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Species Detail l Butterflies and Moths of North America Species Detail Long Dash Polites mystic (W.H. Edwards, 1863)

Attributes of Polites mystic Documented Records for Polites mystic Family: Skippers (Hesperiidae)

Subfamily: Grass Skippers (Hesperiinae)

Identification: Upperside is dark brown with reddish to yellowish orange markings.

Forewing of female has a broad black patch at the base; male forewing has a long, slightly curved stigma which may be connected to the dash near the apex (creating a "long dash").

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Species Detail l Butterflies and Moths of North America orange-brown with a curved band of equal-sized yellow spots.

Life history: Males perch in low grassy spots, streambeds, or swales during most of the Display alternate map range:

day; courtship occurs in mid- to late afternoon. Females deposit eggs singly on or near the host North America plant. Caterpillars feed on Submit leaves and live in shelters of tied leaves. Fourth-stage caterpillars hibernate.

Flight: One brood from late May to early August.

Wing span: 1 1/8 - 1 1/2 inches (2.9 - 3.8 cm).

Caterpillar hosts: Bluegrasses (Poa species).

Adult food: Nectar from flowers including common milkweed, selfheal, mountain laurel, and tick trefoil.

Habitat: Open, moist areas including meadows, marshes, streamsides, wood edges, and prairie swales.

Range: Southern British Columbia east to Nova Scotia; south to Washington, Idaho, Colorado, Nebraska, Iowa, northern Illinois, West Virginia, Virginia, and New Jersey.

Conservation: Not usually required.

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Species Detail l Butterflies and Moths of North America NatureServe Global Status:

G5 - Demonstrably secure globally, though it may be quite rare in parts of its range, especially at the periphery.

Management needs: None reported.

Hosted and maintained by the Big Sky Institute at Montana State University and the NBII Mountain Prairie Information Node.

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