Ottoe skipper (Hesperia ottoe) COSEWIC assessment and status report: chapter 11

Hesperia ottoe currently has no legal protection in Canada at the national level. However, H. ottoe is listed as endangered by the Province of Manitoba under its Endangered Species Act. Under this provincial law, it is unlawful to kill, injure, possess, disturb or interfere with the species. It is also unlawful to disturb or destroy its habitat or any natural resources it depends on for its life or propagation without a permit.

Although H. ottoe receives no federal protection under the US Endangered Species Act, a status report is being prepared for the US Fish and Wildlife Service. NatureServe (2004) ranks the species G3; N1 in Canada; S1? in Manitoba; S1 in Indiana; S1S2 in Michigan; S2 in Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, South Dakota and Wisconsin; S2S3 in  Kansas, Missouri and Montana; S3 in Nebraska; and SNR (unranked) in North Dakota, Oklahoma, Texas and Wyoming.

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