A nondescript, weedy brown skipper with small white spots, a slightly grayish hindwing underside, and an odd habit of shrugging its wings several times upon alighting. Eufala ranges from our area to central Argentina and Chile. Its status in northern California is unclear. Although there are records of strays in the mountains, it basically is confined to the Central Valley and adjacent foothills where it is rarely seen before June, increasing to maximum abundance in autumn before disappearing around Thanksgiving. There is a handful of widely-scattered April records.