The Northern Cloudywing is a species of the Hesperiidae family.

Description

The wingspan of the T. pylades is between 32 and 47 mm long. Both male and female have completely dark brown wings except for the small triangular clear spots.

Distribution

It is seen between Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia

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 west across Canada

Canada

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 south into California

California

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 and across the rest of the United States

United States

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. Its habitat consist of open boreal woodlands and on forest edges.

Life cycle

Adults lay eggs singly under the leaves of their host plants the caterpillars then will eat till they are ready to pupate at which point they will roll themselves into the host plants leafs. They fly between May and July where there is only one brood, but in the south they fly from March and September where there are two broods.

Nectaring flowers

• Apocynum
  Apocynum
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• Prunella
  Prunella (plant)
  Prunella is a genus of seven species of herbaceous plants in the family Lamiaceae, also known as self-heals, heal-all, or "allheal" for their use in herbal medicine.-Habitat:...
  
  
• Securigera varia
• Lonicera japonica
  Japanese Honeysuckle
  The Japanese Honeysuckle is a species of honeysuckle native to eastern Asia including China , Japan, and Korea. It is a twining vine able to climb up to high or more in trees, with opposite, simple oval leaves long and broad...
  
  
• Thistle
  Thistle
  Thistle is the common name of a group of flowering plants characterised by leaves with sharp prickles on the margins, mostly in the family Asteraceae. Prickles often occur all over the plant – on surfaces such as those of the stem and flat parts of leaves. These are an adaptation that protects the...
  
  
• Asclepias syriaca
  Common Milkweed
  Asclepias syriaca, commonly called Common Milkweed, Butterfly flower, Silkweed, Silky Swallow-wort, Virginia Silkweed, is a herbaceous plant species. It is in the genus Asclepias, making it a type of milkweed. This species is native to most of North America east of the Rocky Mountains, excluding...
  
  
• Dianthus armeria
• Verbena
  Verbena
  Verbena , verbenas or vervains, is a genus in the family Verbenaceae. It contains about 250 species of annual and perennial herbaceous or semi-woody flowering plants. The majority of the species are native to the New World from Canada south to southern Chile, but some are also native in the Old...