Purple-washed Skipper (
Panoquina sylvicola
)
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Hecebolus Skipper
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Ocola Skipper
La Grulla, Starr Co., TX
November 4, 2004 (B Bouton)
White spot band on HW is reliable diagnostic, forewing extends further back than Ocola, however, as example on right, not always purple-washed.
(note elongated spot in forewing cell above arrow)
NABA Int'l Butterfly Park, Mission, Hidalgo Co., TX
November 4 &12 , 2006 (G Quintanilla)
12-Nov-2006/
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White spot band on HW is reliable diagnostic, forewing extends further back than Ocola, however, as example on right, not always purple-washed. 