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Two-spotted Sedge-skipper

Hesperilla malindeva

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Australia.January 3, February 6, March 6, April 0, May 0, June 0, July 0, August 0, September 3, October 5, November 3, December 17.
Australia43
Queensland43

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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