Attributes of Panoquina ocola
Ocola Skipper
Panoquina ocola (W.H. Edwards, 1863)
Family: Hesperiidae
Subfamily: Hesperiinae
Identification: Forewings are long, projecting far beyond the hindwings when the butterfly is at rest. Upperside of wings is dark brown; forewing with some pale spots. Underside of hindwing is brown with no markings; female has a blue-purple iridescent sheen.
Wing Span: 1 3/8 - 1 11/16 inches (3.5 - 4.3 cm).
Life History: Flight is rapid and adults may feed while hanging upside down from flowers.
Flight: In warm summer months in the north; August-October in Arizona; throughout the year in Florida and South Texas.
Caterpillar Hosts: Rice (Oryza sativa), sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum), and trompetilla grass (Hymenachne amplexicaulis).
Adult Food: Nectar from flowers of lantana, shepherd\'s needle, swamp milkweed, buttonbush, and pickerelweed.
Habitat: Low damp fields and pastures.
Range: Resident from Paraguay north through tropical America and the West Indies to South Texas and the Deep South. Strays north to southeast Arizona, west Texas, central Missouri, Ohio, central Pennsylvania, and Long Island.
Conservation: Not usually required.
NCGR: G5 - Demonstrably secure globally, though it may be quite rare in parts of its range, especially at the periphery.
Management Needs: None reported.
Taxonomy Notes:
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The map below displays all verified sighting records in the BAMONA database for this species. Each record is indicated with a yellow dot. The orange dots on the map provide access to information about the 200 most recently verified sightings of this species. In some instances, there are several records at the same location. Use the table view to access these records.
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The fifty most recently verified sightings are below. See more recently verified sightings of all species.
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October 08, 2011 | Nancy Weiss | Albemarle County, Virginia, United States | January 16, 2012 | Details |
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October 15, 2011 | bentert | Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States | December 14, 2011 | Details |
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December 02, 2011 | bentert | Collier County, Florida, United States | December 14, 2011 | Details |
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December 02, 2011 | bentert | Collier County, Florida, United States | December 14, 2011 | Details |
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December 07, 2011 | jomarlin | Orange County, Florida, United States | December 14, 2011 | Details |
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September 26, 2011 | bentert | Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States | November 20, 2011 | Details |
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October 20, 2011 | jftrahan | Grant Parish, Louisiana, United States | October 29, 2011 | Details |
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October 24, 2011 | rseidler | Caddo Parish, Louisiana, United States | October 29, 2011 | Details |
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October 22, 2011 | jwunder3 | Orange County, Florida, United States | October 27, 2011 | Details |
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October 09, 2011 | AJ Trently | Haywood County, Tennessee, United States | October 14, 2011 | Details |
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September 24, 2011 | Doug Bruce | Rhea County, Tennessee, United States | September 30, 2011 | Details |
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October 15, 2007 | rseidler | Livingston Parish, Louisiana, United States | September 20, 2011 | Details |
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July 27, 2011 | jftrahan | Webster Parish, Louisiana, United States | September 20, 2011 | Details |
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September 02, 2006 | rseidler | Cameron Parish, Louisiana, United States | September 19, 2011 | Details |
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July 20, 2006 | rseidler | Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana, United States | September 19, 2011 | Details |
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September 04, 2011 | David Trently | Monroe County, Tennessee, United States | September 16, 2011 | Details |
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September 10, 2011 | bjones7777 | Decatur County, Tennessee, United States | September 13, 2011 | Details |
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September 25, 2010 | jwunder3 | Orange County, Florida, United States | September 11, 2011 | Details |
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August 30, 2011 | jarap | Bibb County, Georgia, United States | September 06, 2011 | Details |
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September 03, 2011 | ms722 | Sumner County, Tennessee, United States | September 04, 2011 | Details |
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August 25, 2010 | Julius | Bradley County, Tennessee, United States | May 27, 2011 | Details |
| September 09, 1995 | legacy.reporter (Brand, A.) | New Haven County, Connecticut, United States | May 01, 2011 | Details | |
| September 25, 1996 | legacy.reporter (Brand, A.) | New London County, Connecticut, United States | May 01, 2011 | Details | |
| September 04, 1998 | legacy.reporter (Chyinski, R.) | New London County, Connecticut, United States | May 01, 2011 | Details | |
| September 28, 1999 | legacy.reporter (Muller, R. R.) | New Haven County, Connecticut, United States | May 01, 2011 | Details | |
| September 20, 1996 | legacy.reporter (Taylor, C.) | Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States | May 01, 2011 | Details | |
| September 10, 1995 | legacy.reporter (Taylor, C.) | Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States | May 01, 2011 | Details | |
| October 08, 1995 | legacy.reporter (Taylor, C.) | Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States | May 01, 2011 | Details | |
| September 11, 1995 | legacy.reporter (Young, J. M.) | Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States | May 01, 2011 | Details | |
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July 29, 2006 | rseidler | Bienville Parish, Louisiana, United States | April 14, 2011 | Details |
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April 15, 2003 | Kent McFarland | Pinellas County, Florida, United States | March 09, 2011 | Details |
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December 08, 2010 | Heron Tilapia | Hidalgo County, Texas, United States | January 26, 2011 | Details |
| August 18, 2011 | legacy.reporter (Billy Weber) | Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, United States | January 01, 2011 | Details | |
| August 19, 2010 | legacy.reporter (Giff Beaton) | Georgia, United States, Upson County | December 31, 2010 | Details | |
| August 19, 2010 | legacy.reporter (Giff Beaton) | Georgia, United States, Upson County | December 31, 2010 | Details | |
| September 17, 2010 | vitaly charny (Vitaly Charny) | Mobile County, Alabama, United States | December 31, 2010 | Details | |
| September 18, 2010 | vitaly charny (Vitaly Charny) | Baldwin County, Alabama, United States | December 31, 2010 | Details | |
| September 13, 2009 | legacy.reporter (Bill Hubick and Tom Feild) | Somerset County, Maryland, United States | September 21, 2010 | Details | |
| September 24, 2005 | legacy.reporter (David D. Beadle) | Ontario, Canada | September 13, 2010 | Details | |
| September 26, 2004 | legacy.reporter (Jeffrey P. Crolla) | Ontario, Canada | September 13, 2010 | Details | |
| September 28, 2004 | legacy.reporter (Rick Kergosein) | Tishomingo County, Mississippi, United States | August 02, 2010 | Details | |
| September 03, 1995 | rickypatterson (Ricky Patterson) | Grenada County, Mississippi, United States | August 02, 2010 | Details | |
| September 06, 1993 | rickypatterson (Ricky Patterson) | Washington County, Mississippi, United States | August 02, 2010 | Details | |
| September 18, 2008 | jftrahan (Jeff Trahan) | Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, United States | January 08, 2010 | Details | |
| September 12, 2009 | vitaly charny (Vitaly Charny) | Jefferson County, Alabama, United States | January 05, 2010 | Details | |
| November 08, 2009 | vitaly charny (Vitaly Charny) | Jefferson County, Alabama, United States | January 05, 2010 | Details | |
| July 16, 2006 | jftrahan (Jeff Trahan) | Bossier Parish, Louisiana, United States | December 16, 2009 | Details | |
| October 11, 2009 | legacy.reporter (Edmund K. LeGrand, Stephen J. Stedman) | Moore County, Tennessee, United States | December 16, 2009 | Details | |
| September 29, 2009 | legacy.reporter (Richard Connors) | Henderson County, Tennessee, United States | December 16, 2009 | Details | |
| July 16, 2006 | jftrahan (Jeff Trahan) | Bossier Parish, Louisiana, United States | October 19, 2009 | Details |
