Description: 13-18 mm. This is a medium sized dark brown skipper with few white dots on the forewing. Males have a black stigma on the forewing. Undersides are quite unique from other skippers having a "cloudy" whitish patch near outer margins. Fresh adults can have a lavender sheen on the ventral side 

 

Habitat and Distribution: vacant lots, roadsides and weedy fields in most of  Florida and throughout the Keys

 

Host Plant: Grasses Panicum maximum and Setaria macrosperma

 

Natural History: Common throughout the Southern United States but uncommon in the Keys. They fly throughout the year.