Spicauda procne
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Spicauda |
| Species: | S. procne
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| Spicauda procne (Plötz, 1880)
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Spicauda procne, the brown longtail, is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found from Argentina, north through Central America and Mexico to southern Texas. Rare strays can be found up to southern New Mexico, southern Arizona and southern California.
The wingspan is 37–48 mm. There are three generations per year in southern Texas.
The larvae feed on various grasses, including Cynodon dactylon and Sorghum halepense.
External links
[edit]- Urbanus procne , Butterflies and Moths of North America
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Categories:
- Eudaminae
- Butterflies of North America
- Butterflies of Central America
- Hesperiidae of South America
- Butterflies of Trinidad and Tobago
- Lepidoptera of Brazil
- Lepidoptera of Colombia
- Lepidoptera of Ecuador
- Lepidoptera of Venezuela
- Fauna of the Amazon
- Butterflies described in 1880
- Taxa named by Carl Plötz
- Hesperiidae stubs