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Flame Sedge-skipper

Hesperilla idothea

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Australia.January 44, February 16, March 9, April 3, May 0, June 1, July 0, August 0, September 1, October 1, November 34, December 48.
Australia157
Victoria82
New South Wales29
South Australia26
Tasmania19
Queensland1

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • MetamorphosisUndergoes dramatic body transformation during developmentFrom its classification
  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Group and habits

  • Animal pollinatorDescends from an animal lineage whose members commonly pollinate flowers.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderButterflies and Moths · Lepidoptera
FamilySkippers · Hesperiidae
GenusHesperilla

Sources

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Practise Flame Sedge-skipper with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.