How to Know the Butterflies

The Cornell classic that taught America to name what it saw: every eastern butterfly described from life, with its caterpillar, its food-plants, its habits — and how to pronounce its Latin.

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The Sooty-Wing (Pholisora catullus)

Pholisora catullus (Phol-i-so'ra ca-tul'lus) PLATE XLIV, FIG. 6 The wings are nearly black, with a transverse row of minute white spots parallel with the outer border of the fore wings. This species can be distinguished from all other dark-colored Hesperiinæ described in this book by its small size, the wings expanding only about one inch.

This species is found throughout the United States except along the extreme northern border.

The larva feeds on pigweed, Chenopodium.

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