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Orange Skipperling

Copaeodes aurantiaca

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Field Notes

Description:

Golden Skipper with a dark edge along the back of the wings. It didn't let me get close but here are the few photo's I was able to get. The last shows some green sheen on the back.

Habitat:

Buckwheat in chaparral.

Notes:

First for Bug Guide in California

Reference Links:

Species Copaeodes aurantiaca - Orange Skipperling - BugGuide.Net

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PublishedMarch 18, 2014

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