American Snout (Libytheana carinenta) (Cramer, 1777)

 

Synonyms: Libytheana bachmanii, snout butterfly, snout-nose butterfly

 

Libytheana carinenta is distributed from the southwestern and eastern United States to Argentina, and also in the West Indies; it reaches the northern USA and southern Ontario and Quebec in some years. This species is found in dry open woodland, forest clearings, thornscrub, brushy fields, and roadsides; sea level to 500 m. It undertakes spectacular northward migrations travelling in vast swarms and, at times, darkening the sky. The upperside is brown with white and orange markings; the underside is mottled brown-gray. The wingspan 45-51 mm. Resting American Snout hangs upside down under a twig, making the appearance of a small dead leaf. Adults drink nectar from flowers of the Asteraceae, Apocynaceae, Cornaceae, etc.; caterpillars feed on leaves of hackberries (Celtis spp., Ulmaceae).

 

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