Butterflies and Moths of North America

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  Sighting 1013222

Yuma Skipper
Ochlodes yuma

Observation date: September 10, 2014
Submitted by: Robert Gorman
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: spring and seep, lots of grasses shrubs and rushes and reeds high low nineties clear and dry
Status: Resident
Verified by: Ken Davenport
Verified date: September 18, 2014
Coordinator notes: ID based on visible field marks but please take underside views of skippers in the future as the Alkali Skipper (Pseudocopaeodes eunus flavus)also occurs along Hwy. 168 along the Owens River. Size does not come through in photos-Ken Daven
Checklist region(s): United States, California, Inyo County