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{{Short description|Monotypic butterfly genus}}
{{Speciesbox
| name = Harvester
| image = Harvester, Mer Bleue.jpg
| image2 = Feniseca tarquinius.jpg
| image2_caption = Underside
| display_parents = 3
| parent_authority = [[Augustus Radcliffe Grote|Grote]], 1869
| taxon = Feniseca tarquinius
| authority = ([[Johan Christian Fabricius|Fabricius]], 1793)
| synonyms = ''Hesperia tarquinius'' <small>Fabricius, 1793</small>
| subdivision_ranks = Subspecies
| subdivision =
*''F. t. tarquinius''
*''F. t. novascotiae'' <small>McDunnough, 1935</small>
| status = G5
| status_system = TNC
| status_ref = <ref>{{cite web |title=NatureServe Explorer 2.0 Feniseca tarquinius Harvester |url=https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.116429/Feniseca_tarquinius |website=explorer.natureserve.org |accessdate=3 October 2020}}</ref>
}}
'''''Feniseca tarquinius''''', the '''harvester''', is a [[butterfly]] of the family [[Lycaenidae]], and the only member of the [[monotypic taxon|monotypic]] genus '''''Feniseca'''''. It is found in eastern North America.
This butterfly is the only [[carnivorous]] (i.e., [[Insectivore|insectivorous]]) butterfly in North America (there are a handful of carnivorous  moths, for example ''[[Fulgoraecia exigua]]'').<ref>[https://bugguide.net/node/view/462023 Bugguide.net. Carnivorous Lepidoptera]</ref> The larvae feed on various aphids, such as ''[[Neoprociphilus]]'', ''[[Pemphigus (bug)|Pemphigus]]'', ''[[Prociphilus]]'', and ''[[Schizoneura]]''.
It is found in early spring until fall and is generally scarce. It lives in wooded areas near streams close to [[alder]]s.<ref>Kaufman, Kenn; Brock, Jim P. (2003). "Coppers and Harvester". Kaufman Field Guide to Butterflies of North America. Houghton Mifflin Books. pp. 80–81. {{ISBN|978-0-618-76826-4}}.</ref>
The [[wingspan]] is 23–32&nbsp;mm.<ref>[http://www.cbif.gc.ca/spp_pages/butterflies/species/Harvester_e.php Harvester], Butterflies of Canada</ref>
Another butterfly which is possibly carnivorous is ''[[Celastrina serotina]]''. It feeds on galls on  [[black cherry]] and possibly also on the [[Eriophyidae|eriophid]] mites that make the galls.<ref>[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/270161386_Celastrina_serotina_Lycaenidae_Polyommatinae_a_New_Butterfly_Species_from_the_Northeastern_United_States_and_Eastern_Canada. Pavulaan, H. ''Celastrina serotina'' (Lycaenidae: Polyommatinae): a New Butterfly Species from the Northeastern United States and Eastern Canada.]</ref>
==References==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080929124909/http://butterfliesandmoths.org/species?l=1460 Harvester], Butterflies and Moths of North America
*[http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/lycaenidae/miletinae/feniseca/index.html ''Feniseca''] at Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera
* [https://bugguide.net/node/view/467 Bugguide.net. Species ''Feniseca tarquinius'' - Harvester - Hodges#4249]
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[[Category:Miletinae]]
[[Category:Butterflies of North America]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Augustus Radcliffe Grote]]
[[Category:Monotypic butterfly genera]]
[[Category:Lycaenidae genera]]
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