Painted Skipper at Wonboyn, NSW
Identification history
| Not sure? | 23 Mar 2019 | Jeeves |
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User's notes
Skipper - not Hesperilla ornata, not H. crypsargyra (?). Different antennae (not striped/much less prominent striping, club is less swollen), underwings different colouration...
2 comments
KerriLee
wrote:
24 Mar 2019
Hi Andrew - this looks like Hesperilla picta ... and if so, it's a very good find. The first for our local species lists, and also a generally rare species. Apparently it is very specialised in choice of host plant - Gahnia clarkei - and is generally found in sheltered gullies in moist coastal woodland. Sounds like your place!
JackieMiles
wrote:
7 Apr 2019
Yep, I was convinced enough after a run through the books to add that species to the list.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.913500-37.250100
- Places Wonboyn, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 27 Feb 2019 01:00 PM Recorded on
- Jeeves Recorded by
Species information
- Hesperilla picta Scientific name
- Painted Skipper Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-Invasive
- Machine learning
- External link More information
