Ottoe skipper (Hesperia ottoe) COSEWIC assessment and status report: chapter 4

Global range

Hesperia ottoe ranges from southern Manitoba southward to Michigan and Texas and westward to Colorado in mixed-grass prairies and sand prairies (Dana 1991, Opler and Malikul 1992) (Figure 2). 

Figure 2. Global range of Hesperia ottoe.

Figure 2.  Global range of Hesperia ottoe.

Canadian range

In Canada, H. ottoe is known from only three localities in southern Manitoba.  Hesperia ottoe was first recorded in 1921 from the “Aweme” area (about 10 km north of Wawanesa) (CNC collection database: Manitoba Conservation, Biological and Conservation Data System data). There is also a record with no collection data from Rounthwaithe (CNC collection database) and another record from Spruce Woods Provincial Park from the late 1980s (Klassen et al. 1989, Westwood, pers. com. 2003) (Figure 3).

Figure 3. Canadian range of Hesperia ottoe.

Figure 3.  Canadian range of Hesperia ottoe.

 

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