''Apodemia palmeri'', the Palmer's metalmark or gray metalmark, is a species of metalmark butterfly,
Riodinidae. It is found in North America from western
Texas,
New Mexico,
Arizona, southern
Utah, southern
Nevada and southern
California south to central
Mexico and
Baja California.
The
wingspan is 20–30 mm. There are two generations per year from May to September in Nevada and Utah and multiple generations from April to November in the south.
The larvae feed on ''
Prosopis pubescens
''Prosopis pubescens'', commonly known as screwbean mesquite, is a species of flowering shrub or small tree in the pea family, Fabaceae, that is native to the southwestern United States (Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, California, southern Nevad ...
'' and
''Prosopis glandulosa'' var. ''torreyana''. Adults feed on flower nectar.
References
''Apodemia palmeri'' Butterflies and Moths of North America
Apodemia
Butterflies of North America
Taxa named by William Henry Edwards
Butterflies described in 1870
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