Diet

• Caterpillar host-plants are grasses.

• Other grasses may also be used.

• Adults feed on flower nectar.

Range

• Quasimellana eulogius has a broad distribution from Mexico through Central America and into northern and central South America, reaching Paraguay.

• It occurs in the Zihua area.

Habitat

• It is associated with tropical and subtropical woodland, thorn forest, forest edges, clearings and other open areas with grasses.

• In Mexico it can occur in warm, seasonally dry habitats as well as moister woodland.

• Adults are usually encountered in sunny openings and along vegetation margins.

Description

• A small grass skipper with a wingspan of approximately 27–32 mm.

• Males are orange-yellow above, with a broad dark brown to black outer border and a distinctive dark streak extending from the forewing cell toward the margin.

• Unlike many related grass skippers, the male lacks a prominent forewing stigma.

• Females are substantially darker, with clear pale spots on the forewing and generally unmarked hindwings.

• The underside is predominantly tan to orange-brown, with a faint pale band of spots across the hindwing.