Mastor vialis
Common name: Common Roadside-Skipper
Feeds on these plants:
Achillea ageratum
(sold as Moonshine)
Achillea millefolium ‘Lavender Beauty’
Achillea millefolium ‘Paprika’
Achillea millefolium
(sold as Apple Blossom)
Achillea ‘Anblo’
(sold as Anthea)
Allium ampeloprasum
(sold as elephant garlic)
Allium cepa ‘Pickling Onion’
(sold as Barletta)
Allium cepa ‘Red Onions’
(sold as Sweet Spanish Red, Southport red globe, Granex Red, red hamburger)
Allium cepa ‘Shallot’
(sold as Ambition, Armador, Cuisse de Poulet echalion, Matador)
Allium sativum
(sold as California Early, California Late)
Allium schoenoprasum
(sold as Corsican, Grolau Forcing Chives, Polyvit, Prager, Staro)
Allium tuberosum
(sold as Kobold a couper, mauve flowering form)
Asclepias curassavica
(sold as Silky Deep Red)
Asclepias curassavica
(sold as Silky Gold)
Bellis perennis
(sold as Tasso Mix)
Buddleja davidii ‘Pink Delight’
Buddleja davidii
(sold as dwarf)
Buddleja weyeriana 'honeycomb'
Cirsium altissimum
(sold as Thistle)
Cirsium arvense
(sold as Thistle)
Cirsium hilli
(sold as Thistle)
Cirsium muticum
(sold as Thistle)
Cirsium nuttalii
(sold as Thistle)
Cirsium occidentale
(sold as Thistle)
Cirsium species
(sold as Thistle)
Cirsium vulgare
(sold as Thistle)
Echinacea
(sold as Big Sky Harvest Moon)
Echinacea
(sold as Big Sky Yellow)
Gaillardia pulchella
(sold as Plume Series)
Gaillardia x grandiflora
(sold as Fanfare)
Gaillardia ‘Oranges And Lemons’
Ipomoea purpurea
(sold as Tickle Me Pink)
Pelargonium peltatum
(sold as Caliente Deep Red)
Pelargonium peltatum
(sold as Global Pink Pearl)
Pelargonium x hortorum
(sold as Pink Fizz)
Pelargonium x hortorum
(sold as Regal Burgundy)
Pelargonium x hortorum
(sold as Rocky Mountain Light Salmon)
Pelargonium x hortorum
(sold as White Splash)
Pelargonium x hortorum
(sold as Zonals)
Pelargonium
(sold as 11 Elegance)
Pelargonium
(sold as Peppermint Geranium)
Pelargonium
(sold as Stardom Series)
Petunia
(sold as Appleblossom)
Petunia
(sold as Bermuda Beach)
Petunia
(sold as Cotton Candy)
Petunia
(sold as Donna Picotee Burgundy)
Petunia
(sold as Double Peppermint)
Petunia
(sold as Easy Wave Salmon)
Petunia
(sold as Hybrid Wave Series)
Petunia
(sold as Lavender storm)
Petunia
(sold as Pirouette red)
Petunia
(sold as Ultra burgundy)
Petunia
(sold as Ultra violet)
Petunia
(sold as Wave Misty Lilac)
Prunella grandiflora ‘Loveliness’
Raphanus sativus
(sold as April Cross)
Raphanus sativus
(sold as Cabernet)
Raphanus sativus
(sold as Cherry Belle)
Raphanus sativus
(sold as China Rose)
Raphanus sativus
(sold as Chinese White)
Raphanus sativus
(sold as Comet)
Raphanus sativus
(sold as Crunchy Royale)
Raphanus sativus
(sold as Early Scarlet Globe)
Raphanus sativus
(sold as French Breakfast)
Raphanus sativus
(sold as Icicle)
Raphanus sativus
(sold as Long White Icicle)
Raphanus sativus
(sold as Masato Green)
Raphanus sativus
(sold as Masato Red)
Raphanus sativus
(sold as Minowase Early daikon)
Raphanus sativus
(sold as Ping Pong)
Raphanus sativus
(sold as Pink Beauty)
Raphanus sativus
(sold as Red Boy)
Raphanus sativus
(sold as Red Meat)
Raphanus sativus
(sold as Round Black Spanish)
Raphanus sativus
(sold as Sakurajima Mammoth)
Raphanus sativus
(sold as Scarlet Globe)
Raphanus sativus
(sold as Snow Belle)
Raphanus sativus
(sold as Sparkler)
Raphanus sativus
(sold as Szechuan Red)
Raphanus sativus
(sold as Tama)
Raphanus sativus
(sold as burpee white)
Raphanus sativus
(sold as champion)
Raphanus sativus
(sold as cherriette)
Raphanus sativus
(sold as lady slipper)
Raphanus sativus
(sold as plum purple)
Raphanus sativus
(sold as scarlet knight)
Raphanus sativus
(sold as summer cross)
Salvia cleveladii, or clevelandii
Salvia coccinea
(sold as May Night)
Salvia coccinea
(sold as Rose Queen)
Salvia coccinea
(sold as Select Rose)
Salvia elegans
(sold as Golden Delicious)
Salvia greggii ‘Navajo Bright Red’
Salvia greggii ‘Sierra San Antonio’
Salvia greggii
(sold as watermelon Autumn Sage pink)
Salvia involucrata
(sold as El Cielo)
Salvia leucantha ‘Santa Barbara’
Salvia microphylla
(sold as Bezerkeley)
Salvia microphylla
(sold as Rosita)
Salvia microphylla
(sold as ucb pink)
Salvia nemorosa ‘Sensation Rose’
Salvia nemorosa
(sold as Viola Klose)
Salvia officinalis ssp. lavandulifolia
Salvia officinalis ‘Purpurascens’
Salvia splendens ‘Salsa Purple’
Salvia verticillata ‘Purple Rain’
Salvia x sylvestris
(sold as Snowhill)
Salvia
(sold as Red Hot Sally)
Sisyrinchium striatum ‘Aunt May’
Sisyrinchium
(sold as x bellum EK Balls)
Trifolium repens
(sold as Atropurpureum)
Verbena hybrid
(sold as Quartz scarlet)
Verbena hybrid
(sold as Sparkler Purple & White)
Verbena hybrid
(sold as Sparkler Red & White)
Verbena hybrid
(sold as Sparkler Sky Blue & White)
Verbena hybrid
(sold as Tapien Pink)
Verbena
(sold as Aztec Cherry Red)
Verbena
(sold as Aztec Light Pink)
Verbena
(sold as Aztec Raspberry)
Verbena
(sold as Aztec White Magic)
Verbena
(sold as Babylon Deep Pink)
Verbena
(sold as Sparkler Purple & White)
Verbena
(sold as Sparkler Sky Blue & White)
Verbena
(sold as Tukana White)
Verbena
(sold as x hybrida Taylortown Red)
Zinnia elegans
(sold as Magellan Coral)
Zinnia elegans
(sold as Magellan Yellow)
Zinnia elegans
(sold as Oklahoma Scarlet)
Zinnia elegans
(sold as Sizzle Cherry & Ivory)
Zinnia
(sold as Crystal White)
Zinnia
(sold as Dreamland Mix)
Zinnia
(sold as Dreamland scarlet)
Zinnia
(sold as Profusion Apricot)
Zinnia
(sold as Profusion Cherry)
Zinnia
(sold as Profusion Orange)
Zinnia
(sold as Profusion White)
Mastor vialis, the Common Roadside-Skipper, can be found in numerous states in all regions of the country, not including AL or HI
Favorite nectar plants include: Achillea, Allium, Asclepias, Buddleja, Carduus, Cephalanthus, Cirsium, Liatris, Pelargonium, Salvia, Taraxacum, Verbena, and Zinnia
USDA Growing Zones for these plants include: 3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11
Host plants:
unknown
PD image courtesy of
Bulletin - US National Museum, 1932
