Amblyscirtes vialis

Amblyscirtes vialis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Tribe: Moncini
Genus: Amblyscirtes
Species: A. vialis
Binomial name
Amblyscirtes vialis
(Edwards, 1862)
Synonyms
  • Hesperia vialis Edwards, 1862
  • Cobalus asella Herrich-Schäffer, 1869

Amblyscirtes vialis (the common roadside skipper) is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is found from British Columbia east across southern Canada to Maine and Nova Scotia, south to central California, northern New Mexico, Texas, the Gulf states and northern Florida.

The wingspan is 22–32 mm. Adults are on wing from March to July. There is one generation per year and a partial second generation up to September in the south.

The larvae feed on various grasses including wild oats Avena, Agrostis, Poa, Cynodon dactylon and Chasmanthium latifolia. Adults feed on flower nectar, they prefer low-growing blue flowers including verbena and selfheal..

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