Insects · La Saladita, Guerrero

West-Mexican Sootywing

Staphylus tierra

Spanish: Saltarina de ala escalopada occidental Mexicana

West-Mexican Sootywing (Staphylus tierra)
Photographed by zihuadean on iNaturalist · CC-BY-NC

West-Mexican Sootywing (Staphylus tierra) is a insect recorded near La Saladita, Guerrero, Mexico, with 17 research-grade iNaturalist observations within about 50 km of La Saladita (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones).

TaxonomyInsecta › Lepidoptera › Hesperiidae
Local records17 research-grade observations within about 50 km of La Saladita (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones)
Global records603 on iNaturalist
Most recent records2025 – 2026
Months of the 8 most recent records
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Recent local sightings

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Cite as: “West-Mexican Sootywing (Staphylus tierra) at La Saladita”, La Saladita Field Guide, lasaladita.com/species/staphylus-tierra/, updated 2026-09-26. Observation counts and months come from iNaturalist research-grade records within about 50 km of 17.8375°N, 101.7606°W (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones); summary text from Wikipedia where present.