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Santa Barbara Field Guides - Butterflies Lepidoptera Hesperiidae Hesperia lindseyi Lindsey's Skipper |
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Size:
wingspread 1-1.75 in. Recognition: Fairly light orange-brown above, male with forewing stigma; underside lighter, with white apical spots on FW, irregular arcs of white spots on HW; wing fringes tend to be dark. Flight period: Adults of this skipper are active in early to mid-summer. Hostplants: Grasses, such as Fescue (Festuca) and oat grass (Danthonia). Habitat: Grassy areas and fields in forest and chaparral settings. Distribution: Found in the California coastal ranges and northern Sierra Nevada, north into southern Oregon; rare in Santa Barbara County. 
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