Ochlodes yuma

Ochlodes yuma, the Yuma skipper, is a species of grass skipper in the butterfly family Hesperiidae that lives in wetlands of western North America.^[2][3][4] Its only known host is common reed (Phragmites australis).^[5]

Ochlodes yuma
Male specie of Ochlodes yuma
Conservation status
Apparently Secure  (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Genus:	Ochlodes
Species:	O. yuma
Binomial name
Ochlodes yuma (W. H. Edwards, 1873)

The MONA or Hodges number for Ochlodes yuma is 4057.^[6]

Subspecies

These five subspecies belong to the species Ochlodes yuma:

• Ochlodes yuma anasazi S. Cary & Stanford, 1995
• Ochlodes yuma lutea Austin in T. Emmel, 1998
• Ochlodes yuma sacramentorum Austin in T. Emmel, 1998
• Ochlodes yuma scudderi (Skinner, 1899)
• Ochlodes yuma yuma (W. H. Edwards, 1873)