Ochlodes yuma anasazi (Questa Skipper) | Natural Heritage New Mexico

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Arthropoda

Class: Insecta

Order: Lepidoptera

Family: Hesperiidae

Genus: Ochlodes

Species: yuma anasazi

Questa Skipper - Ochlodes yuma anasazi

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Species Extent (New Mexico)

Global Rank: G4

State Rank: S1

Rank Metadata
State Rank: S1	Rank Changed: 01/29/2025
Rank Reviewed: 03/21/2000
Reason: Ochlodes yuma anasazi also known as the Rio Grande Gorge Yuma Skipper is found along a small section of the Rio Grande Gorge near Questa New Mexico. Population surveys done in 2017 estimated a population size of 30-40 individuals. There are a wide variety of potential threats to this subspecies and monitoring and managing of these threats will be crucial to maintain long term viability of this population. This subspecies is also a very narrow endemic limited to an Extent of Occurrence of just 19km2 and specialized on a single host plant. This host plant is also a riparian obligate subspecies in an area of the world where wetland ecosystems have been experiencing striking declines

Ecological Factors
Specificity: Very narrow. Specialist or community with key requirements scarce.	Range Extent: <100 square km (less than about 40 square miles)
Occurences: 6 - 20	Population Size: 1 - 50 individuals
Area of Occupancy: An Area of Occupancy calculated from points from GBIF.org, Natural Heritage New Mexico, and data from local experts using GeoCat came out as 64km2.	Threat Summary: N/A

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BLM Status: BLM SENSITIVE

SWAP Status: SGCN

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Number of Subpopulations: 2

Number of Mapped Locations: 61

Number of Observations: 58

Observation date range: 08-14-2009 to 01-01-2024

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