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The Cross-Line Skipper (Limochores manataaqua)

Limochores manataaqua (Li-moch'o-res man-a-ta'a-qua) PLATE XLII, FIG. 7, 8, 9, 10 In the male the wings are dark brown marked and tinged with yellow; the brand is very slender and nearly straight; outside of it there is a patch of brown scales, which makes it appear wider than it is; between the brand and the costal margin the wing is heavily covered with yellow scales, and the transverse row of spots beyond the middle of the wing is more or less distinct; the hind wings are tinged with yellow, sometimes the transverse row of spots is faintly indicated. In the female the wings are dark brown above with a transverse row of whitish spots beyond the middle of the fore wing; hind wings without spots. See table, page 266, for distinctions between the female of this species and that of the little glass-wing, which it very closely resembles. Expanse of wings one inch to one and one-third inches. The common name was probably suggested by the linear form of the brand of the male. The species occurs from New England to Nebraska in a rather narrow belt of country. The larva feeds on grasses.