Family Hesperiidae | Genus Hesperilla Rank Species | |
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Similar Toxidia doubledayi, Trapezites symmomus, Hesperilla flavescens, Taractrocera papyria, Ocybadistes walkeri | ||
Hesperilla ornata, the spotted skipper or spotted sedge-skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found along the non-tropical eastern seaboard of mainland Australia and in the adjacent mountain ranges.
The wingspan is about 40 mm.
The larvae feed on various Carex and Gahnia species, including Carex brunnea, Carex longebrachiata, Gahnia aspera, Gahnia clarkei, Gahnia erythrocarpa, Gahnia grandis, Gahnia melanocarpa, Gahnia radula and Gahnia sieberiana.
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