Attributes of Amblyscirtes aenus
Bronze Roadside-Skipper
Amblyscirtes aenus W.H. Edwards, 1878
Family: Hesperiidae
Subfamily: Hesperiinae
Identification: Upperside is brown with a slight orange sheen; forewing with a few faint pale spots, hindwing with no markings. Male stigma is obscure. Underside of hindwing is reddish brown with a row of pale spots. Form "erna" lacks spots on the hindwing underside.
Wing Span: 1 - 1 1/4 inches (2.5 - 3.2 cm).
Life History: To wait for receptive females, males perch and patrol all day in gully bottoms. Caterpillars eat the leaves of host plants and make shelters of rolled or tied leaves. Half-grown caterpillars hibernate.
Flight: One brood in Colorado from April-July; two broods southward from April-September.
Caterpillar Hosts: Indian woodoats grass (Chasmanthium latifolia), sideoats grama (Bouteloua curtipendula), nodding brome (Bromus anomalus), and probably other grasses.
Adult Food: Flower nectar.
Habitat: Gullies, stream bottoms, and foothills in open woodlands and grasslands; coniferous forests.
Range: Colorado and southen Utah south to Arizona, New Mexico, and northern Mexico; south and east to central Texas, western Oklahoma, and south-central Kansas.
Conservation: Not usually required.
NCGR: G4 - Apparently secure globally, though it might be quite rare in parts of its range, especially at the periphery.
Management Needs: None reported.
Taxonomy Notes:
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The fifty most recently verified sightings are below. See more recently verified sightings of all species.
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| August 01, 1989 | legacy.reporter (Clifford D. Ferris) | Santa Cruz County, Arizona, United States | December 01, 2012 | Details | |
| September 22, 1989 | legacy.reporter (Jim Brock) | Santa Cruz County, Arizona, United States | December 01, 2012 | Details | |
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July 07, 2012 | Matt ODonnell | Catron County, New Mexico, United States | July 21, 2012 | Details |
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July 07, 2012 | Matt ODonnell | Catron County, New Mexico, United States | July 21, 2012 | Details |
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May 10, 2012 | joeschelling | Torrance County, New Mexico, United States | May 15, 2012 | Details |
| July 22, 1977 | legacy.reporter (Charles Sekerman) | Cochise County, Arizona, United States | January 01, 2012 | Details | |
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September 04, 2010 | aahewetson | Texas, Throckmorton County, United States | March 03, 2011 | Details |
| August 03, 1988 | Ken Davenport (Ken Davenport) | Coconino County, Arizona, United States | January 01, 2011 | Details | |
| July 08, 1993 | Ken Davenport (Ken Davenport) | Yavapai County, Arizona, United States | January 01, 2011 | Details | |
| July 21, 2011 | Ken Davenport (Ken Davenport) | Yavapai County, Arizona, United States | January 01, 2011 | Details | |
| August 03, 1988 | Ken Davenport (Ken Davenport) | Santa Cruz County, Arizona, United States | January 01, 2011 | Details | |
| August 07, 1994 | Ken Davenport (Ken Davenport) | Santa Cruz County, Arizona, United States | January 01, 2011 | Details | |
| August 09, 1994 | Ken Davenport (Ken Davenport) | Santa Cruz County, Arizona, United States | January 01, 2011 | Details | |
| August 06, 1994 | Ken Davenport (Ken Davenport) | Santa Cruz County, Arizona, United States | January 01, 2011 | Details | |
| August 03, 2005 | Ken Davenport (Ken Davenport) | Santa Cruz County, Arizona, United States | January 01, 2011 | Details | |
| August 08, 2005 | Ken Davenport (Ken Davenport) | Santa Cruz County, Arizona, United States | January 01, 2011 | Details | |
| July 28, 2005 | Ken Davenport (Ken Davenport) | Cochise County, Arizona, United States | January 01, 2011 | Details | |
| July 29, 2005 | Ken Davenport (Ken Davenport) | Cochise County, Arizona, United States | January 01, 2011 | Details | |
| July 27, 2005 | Ken Davenport (Ken Davenport) | Cochise County, Arizona, United States | January 01, 2011 | Details | |
| July 30, 2005 | Ken Davenport (Ken Davenport) | Cochise County, Arizona, United States | January 01, 2011 | Details | |
| August 01, 2005 | Ken Davenport (Ken Davenport) | Cochise County, Arizona, United States | January 01, 2011 | Details | |
| August 07, 2005 | Ken Davenport (Ken Davenport) | Cochise County, Arizona, United States | January 01, 2011 | Details | |
| July 31, 1968 | legacy.reporter (Richard Funk) | Yavapai County, Arizona, United States | January 01, 2011 | Details | |
| July 12, 2009 | aahewetson (Anthony Hewetson) | Crosby County, Texas, United States | January 06, 2010 | Details | |
| July 07, 2009 | Gary Jue (Gary Jue) | Pima County, Arizona, United States | August 10, 2009 | Details | |
| July 07, 2009 | Gary Jue (Gary Jue) | Santa Cruz County, Arizona, United States | August 10, 2009 | Details | |
| September 19, 2006 | legacy.reporter (Nelson, John M. & Fisher, John) | Atoka County, Oklahoma, United States | April 03, 2009 | Details | |
| April 13, 2006 | legacy.reporter (Nelson, John M. & Fisher, John) | Choctaw County, Oklahoma, United States | April 03, 2009 | Details | |
| June 24, 1991 | legacy.reporter (Nelson, John M.) | Grady County, Oklahoma, United States | April 03, 2009 | Details | |
| May 16, 1997 | legacy.reporter (Nelson, John M.) | Love County, Oklahoma, United States | April 03, 2009 | Details | |
| September 03, 1988 | legacy.reporter (Nelson, John M.) | Noble County, Oklahoma, United States | April 03, 2009 | Details | |
| August 29, 2006 | legacy.reporter (Fisher, John) | Osage County, Oklahoma, United States | April 03, 2009 | Details | |
| May 06, 1997 | legacy.reporter (Nelson, John M. & Conoway, Chuck) | Pontotoc County, Oklahoma, United States | April 03, 2009 | Details | |
| May 11, 2008 | aahewetson (Anthony Hewetson) | Texas, Kent County, United States | October 03, 2008 | Details | |
| October 07, 2007 | aahewetson (Anthony Hewetson) | Dickens County, Texas, United States | October 30, 2007 | Details | |
| May 03, 2007 | aahewetson (Anthony Hewetson) | Texas, Lubbock County, United States | May 07, 2007 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Bernalillo County, New Mexico, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Catron County, New Mexico, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Chaves County, New Mexico, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Cibola County, New Mexico, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Colfax County, New Mexico, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Curry County, New Mexico, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | De Baca County, New Mexico, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Dona Ana County, New Mexico, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Eddy County, New Mexico, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Grant County, New Mexico, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Guadalupe County, New Mexico, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Harding County, New Mexico, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Hidalgo County, New Mexico, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Lincoln County, New Mexico, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details |
