Butterflies and Moths of North America

collecting and sharing data about Lepidoptera

  Sighting 1028642

Southern Skipperling
Copaeodes minima

Observation date: September 12, 2012
Submitted by: Allen Belden
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: Sunny, upper 70s. Overgrown unpaved road through old field habitat planted in young longleaf pine as part of a habitat restoration project. Nectaring on a Linum sp. and also apparently on a grass in the genus Cenchrus.
Status: Stray
Verified by: richardhsmith
Verified date: March 19, 2015
Coordinator notes: Exceptional northern record for this species.
Checklist region(s): United States, Virginia, Sussex County