orange skipperling (Copaeodes aurantiaca) Some Bahia Loves Me
In the Tucson Botanical Gardens, Tucson, Arizona. Before the heat set in. Many little nibbling thingies, though.
Author: Anne Reeves https://www.flickr.com/photos/charlock/
Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/charlock/28413628533/
Copaeodes is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae. The Orange Skipperling (Copaeodes aurantiaca) is a common summer resident of parts of the mid west and southwest United States. Order: Lepidoptera, Family: Hesperiidae, Subfamily: Hesperiinae, Tribe: Thymelicini, Genus: Copaeodes, Species: Copaeodes aurantiaca (Hewitson, 1868).
Synonyms:
Ancyloxypha simplex R. Felder, 1869
Copaeodes candida W. G. Wright, 1890
Hesperia waco W. H. Edwards, 1868
Heteropterus procris W. H. Edwards, 1871
Thymelicus macra Plötz, 1884
Copaeodes aurantiacus (Hewitson, 1868)