Pholisora catullus

occurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations

Canada

Origin: Native

Regularity: Regularly occurring

Currently: Present

Confidence: Confident

Type of Residency: Year-round

United States

Origin: Native

Regularity: Regularly occurring

Currently: Present

Confidence: Confident

Type of Residency: Year-round

Comments: Very seldom in any kind of natural setting in most of its range, most typically weedy backyards, vacant lots, landfills, edges of croplands; any place where its weedy annual foodplants grow in the open. Can occur in the earliest stages of old field succession and in unnatural persistent grasslands such as edges of pastures. Apparently from comments in Scott (1986) can occur in more natural settings such as gulches in the southwest.

Non-Migrant: No. All populations of this species make significant seasonal migrations.

Locally Migrant: No. No populations of this species make local extended movements (generally less than 200 km) at particular times of the year (e.g., to breeding or wintering grounds, to hibernation sites).

Locally Migrant: No. No populations of this species make annual migrations of over 200 km.

Pholisora catullus Fabricius: Hesperiidae, Lepidoptera
(observations are from Robertson; this skipper is the Common Sootywing)

Apiaceae: Eryngium yuccifolium sn (Rb); Asclepiadaceae: Asclepias incarnata [plab sn] (Rb), Asclepias syriaca [plab sn] (Rb), Asclepias verticillata [plab sn] (Rb); Asteraceae: Coreopsis palmata sn (Rb), Helianthus pauciflorus sn (Rb), Helianthus tuberosus sn (Rb), Heliopsis helianthoides sn (Rb), Silphium perfoliatum sn (Rb); Boraginaceae: Lithospermum canescens sn (Rb); Brassicaceae: Capsella bursa-pastoris sn (Rb), Cardamine bulbosa sn (Rb); Campanulaceae: Lobelia spicata sn (Rb); Fabaceae: Dalea purpurea sn (Rb), Trifolium repens sn (Rb); Lamiaceae: Lycopus americanus sn (Rb), Monarda fistulosa sn (Rb), Nepeta cataria sn (Rb), Pycnanthemum tenuifolium sn (Rb), Scutellaria parvula sn fq np (Rb); Liliaceae: Camassia scilloides sn (Rb); Lythraceae: Lythrum alatum sn (Rb); Malvaceae: Abutilon theophrastii sn (Rb); Oxalidaceae: Oxalis corniculata sn (Rb), Oxalis stricta sn (Rb); Rosaceae: Fragaria virginiana sn (Rb), Rubus flagellaris sn (Rb), Rubus occidentalis sn (Rb); Rubiaceae: Houstonia lanceolata sn (Rb); Verbenaceae: Verbena hastata sn (Rb), Verbena stricta sn (Rb)

Comments: Overwinters as a fully fed larva, pupating in April (New Jersey-Schweitzer).

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS) Stats
Public Records: 0
Specimens with Barcodes: 20
Species With Barcodes: 1

Canada

Rounded National Status Rank: N3 - Vulnerable

United States

Rounded National Status Rank: N5 - Secure

Rounded Global Status Rank: G5 - Secure