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The Least Skipper (Ancyloxipha numitor)

Ancyloxipha numitor (An-cy-lox'i-pha nu'mi-tor) PLATE XXXIX, FIG. 8 This is the smallest of our common species. As in the preceding species and the one immediately following, the club of the antennæ lacks a recurved apical hook. The wings are tawny, broadly margined with dark brown; in some specimens the fore wings are almost entirely brown; the fore wings of the male lack the brand. The larger individuals expand about one inch.

Occurs throughout the eastern United States.

The larva feeds on grasses in damp places.