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Species profile—Motasingha trimaculata dilata (large brown skipper)

Classification

Animalia (animals) → Insecta (insects) → Hesperiidae (skippers) → Motasingha trimaculata dilata (large brown skipper)

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Species details

Kingdom
Animalia (animals)
Class
Insecta (insects)
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

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Data source

This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=19015.

This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.

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Licence
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Last updated
8 March 2022