Species profile—Motasingha trimaculata dilata (large brown skipper)
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Classification
Animalia ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/?kingdom=animals ) (animals) → Insecta ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/?kingdom=animals&class=insecta ) (insects) → Hesperiidae ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/?kingdom=animals&class=insecta&family=hesperiidae ) (skippers) → Motasingha trimaculata dilata (large brown skipper)
Sighting data
- Download
- KML ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getsurveysbyspecies&taxonid=19015&f=kml ) | CSV ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getsurveysbyspecies&taxonid=19015&f=csv ) | GeoJson ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getsurveysbyspecies&taxonid=19015 )
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/?kingdom=animals&class=insecta ) (animals)
- Class
- Insecta ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/?kingdom=animals&class=insecta ) (insects)
- Family
- Hesperiidae ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/?kingdom=animals&class=insecta&family=hesperiidae ) (skippers)
- Scientific name
- Motasingha trimaculata dilata (Waterhouse, 1932)
- Common name
- large brown skipper
- Type reference
- Waterhouse, G.A. (1932). Australian Hesperiidae. II. Notes and descriptions of new forms. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 57(3-4), 218-238 [223].
- WildNet taxon ID
- 19015
- Synonym(s)
- Motasingha dirphia dilata
Motasingha dirphia dea - Alternate name(s)
- dirphia skipper
- Conservation significant
- No
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
Other resources
- Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums (OZCAM) ( https://ozcam.ala.org.au/occurrences/search?taxa=Motasingha%20trimaculata%20dilata#tab_mapView )
- Atlas of Living Australia ( https://bie.ala.org.au/search?q=MOTASINGHA%2BTRIMACULATA%2BDILATA )
Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API ( https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/qld-wildlife-data-api ) using the Get species by ID function ( https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/qld-wildlife-data-api/resource/d050bfcd-ad49-4776-9bdb-7d5fa8f94fe2 ) used under CC-By 4.0 ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ).
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=19015 ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=19015 ).
This information is sourced from the WildNet platform ( https://www.qld.gov.au/environment/plants-animals/species-information/wildnet ) managed by the Queensland Department of Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation.
