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Species Details

Oarisma garita

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Common NameGarita Skipperling SeasonalityPeak flight activity is in late June to early July. IdentificationThis small skipper (wingspan 19 - 25 mm) is most likely to be confused with the European Skipper (Thymelicus lineola). Garita has a greenish hindwing underside with pale-coloured venation, while the European Skipper has an orange-brown hindwing underside without marked veins. The upperside is tawny brown, compared to bright orange-brown with dark veins in lineola.
Scientific Name Oarisma garita Common Name Garita Skipperling Habitat Parkland and prairie grasslands, particularly native fescue and mixed grass prairie. Seasonality Peak flight activity is in late June to early July. Identification
This small skipper (wingspan 19 - 25 mm) is most likely to be confused with the European Skipper (Thymelicus lineola). Garita has a greenish hindwing underside with pale-coloured venation, while the European Skipper…
This small skipper (wingspan 19 - 25 mm) is most likely to be confused with the European Skipper (Thymelicus lineola). Garita has a greenish hindwing underside with pale-coloured venation, while the European Skipper has an orange-brown hindwing underside without marked veins. The upperside is tawny brown, compared to bright orange-brown with dark veins in lineola.
Life History
The egg has been variously reported as being green (Bird et al. 1995) or creamy white (Gibson 1910); larvae are green with pale lines and bands, with short black bristles on the head and body (Gibson 1910, Bird et al.…
The egg has been variously reported as being green (Bird et al. 1995) or creamy white (Gibson 1910); larvae are green with pale lines and bands, with short black bristles on the head and body (Gibson 1910, Bird et al. 1995); the overwintering stage is either as a partially grown (Bird et al. 1995) or mature larva (Gibson 1910, Scott 1986). There is one generation annually.
Conservation No conservation concerns. Diet Info
The larval host plant has not been recorded in Canada; Larvae will eat Kentucky bluegrass (Poa pratensis) in captivity (Gibson 1910). Adults take nectar at flowers of legumes (Hooper 1973), and at Polygala alba,…
The larval host plant has not been recorded in Canada; Larvae will eat Kentucky bluegrass (Poa pratensis) in captivity (Gibson 1910). Adults take nectar at flowers of legumes (Hooper 1973), and at Polygala alba, Potentilla fruticosa, and Oxytropis lambertii in North Dakota (McCabe & Post 1977).
Range Alberta east to Manitoba and south to Texas (Opler 1999). There is a disjunct population in the Peace River parkland.

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"Species Details - Oarisma garita, University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum." University of Alberta Museums Search Site, https://search.museums.ualberta.ca/g/2-2590/9-3575. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.

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Specimen Information

There are 37 specimens of this Species.

37 results plotted on map in 25 markers.
Note: Only records with latitude and longitude coordinates are plotted on map.

UASM19055 - Oarisma garita

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Blackfalds Collected ByBowman, K. Date Collected1904-07-01

UASM19052 - Oarisma garita

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Blackfalds Collected ByBowman, K. Date Collected1904-07-03

UASM19045 - Oarisma garita

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Blackfalds Collected ByBowman, K. Date Collected1904-07-20

UASM19050 - Oarisma garita

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Red Deer Collected ByBowman, K. Date Collected1905-07-19

UASM19046 - Oarisma garita

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Edmonton Collected ByBowman, K. Date Collected1915-07-11

UASM19054 - Oarisma garita

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Hillcrest Collected ByBowman, K. Date Collected1926-06-24

UASM19044 - Oarisma garita

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Hillcrest Collected ByBowman, K. Date Collected1926-06-25

UASM19048 - Oarisma garita

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Waterton Lakes National Park, Waterton Park Collected ByBowman, K. Date Collected1926-06-28

UASM19041 - Oarisma garita

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Red Deer Collected ByBowman, K. Date Collected1927-07-08

UASM19042 - Oarisma garita

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Red Deer Collected ByBowman, K. Date Collected1927-07-08

UASM19047 - Oarisma garita

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Red Deer Collected ByBowman, K. Date Collected1927-07-08

UASM19049 - Oarisma garita

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Edmonton Collected ByBowman, K. Date Collected1941-07-06

UASM19043 - Oarisma garita

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Gull Lake Collected ByBowman, K. Date Collected1934-07

UASM19163 - Oarisma garita

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Devon Collected ByGriffiths, Graham C. D. Date Collected1980-06-21

UASM19053 - Oarisma garita

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Cooking Lake Collected ByMackie, Donald Date Collected1918-07-20

UASM19051 - Oarisma garita

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Calgary Collected ByMackie, Donald Date Collected1922-07-02

UASM19056 - Oarisma garita

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Pine Creek Collected ByWolley-Dod, Frederic H. Date Collected1898-03-07

UASM33022 - Oarisma garita

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Milk River Collected ByLawrie, D. Date Collected1997-07-02

UASM33023 - Oarisma garita

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Brooks Collected ByLawrie, D. Date Collected1990-06-24

UASM33024 - Oarisma garita

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Calgary Collected ByLawrie, D. Date Collected1997-06-27

UASM33025 - Oarisma garita

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Vulcan Collected ByLawrie, D. Date Collected1993-06-26

Adult Seasonal Distribution