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Russet Skipperling

Piruna Pirus

Photo by RobinGraves
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

A moth with wings that are at right angles when resting. Also has some yellow and green colouring under the light an a couple of cream coloured spots.

Habitat:

Parque Morelos

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)
Davidbygott
Possibly Russet Skipperling (Piruna pirus) - see http://bugguide.net/node/view/24833
James McNair
This is a Skipper there are a bunch. Check out http://www.pbase.com/tmurray74/mexican_butterflies

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PublishedOctober 24, 2014

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