Xami Hairstreak

• Scientific Name: Tetracoccus Hallii
• Common Name: Hall's Shrubby-Spurge
• Diet: A prize to find!
• Genus: Xamia
• Family: Euphorbiaceae (spurge family)
• Order: Lepidoptera
• Phylum: Arthropoda
• Species: xami
• Class: Insecta
• Habitat: Washes, rocky slopes
• Life Form: Shrub, medium
• Leaf Description: Fascicled simple
• Flower Color: Red
• Flowering Period: Apr. to June
• Spines: Thorns
• Rarity: Uncommon