Butterflies and Moths of North America

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  Sighting 1315130

Northern White-Skipper
Heliopetes ericetorum

Observation date: September 19, 2021
Submitted by: davidmagney
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: top of Santa Monica Mountains in opening in Chamise Chaparral just NW of State Route 23/Mulholland Highway/Decker Canyon Road. 34.10427, -118.86461, 1,838 feet elevation. Resting on Eriogonum fasciculatum var. polifolium.
Status: Resident
Verified by: Ken Davenport
Verified date: October 22, 2021
Coordinator notes: This is not in the genus Burnsius like Common and White Checkered Skippers-Ken Davenport By the way your individual is a girl, males are quite different looking.