Toxidia doubledayi

Lilac Grass-skipper at Mogareeka, NSW

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Identification history

Toxidia doubledayi	16 Mar 2025	donhe
Toxidia doubledayi	16 Mar 2025	owenh
Ocybadistes walkeri	27 Nov 2024	CarbonAI
Hesperiidae (family)	27 Nov 2024	donhe
Unverified	27 Nov 2024	gwen

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donhe wrote:

27 Nov 2024

Ocybadistes have extensive yellow markings on the forewing, not a few white ones like this specimen.
The hook-shaped medial mark appears to be specific for T. xanthmera.

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Location information

Coordinates 149.974061 -36.698597
Altitude 40.4m
Places Mogareeka, NSW

Sighting information

1 Abundance
27 Nov 2024 11:17 AM Recorded on
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gwen NatureMapr South Coast Skippers (Hesperiidae) Butterflies (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera) Insects

Additional information

Feeding on nectar or pollen Insect behaviour on flower
5mm to 12mm Animal size

Species information

Toxidia doubledayi Scientific name
Lilac Grass-skipper Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 863m Recorded at altitude
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