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• Hesperilla bifasciata Tepper, J.G.O. 1882. The Papilionidae of South Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 4: 25-36 pls 2, 3 [32 pl. 2 fig. 4] [description inadequate for placement of this taxon; reported from near Lyndoch, SA. This name applies to a moth, as yet unplaced. Tepper's description and illustration do not resemble a hesperiid of any sort from Australia (Braby & Douglas unpublished data, 2011)].

  Type data:

   Holotype whereabouts unknown sex unstated, probably male (Tepper in the original description mentioned one specimen), Lyndoch, SA (designated in original description).

  Secondary source:

   Tepper, J.G.O. 1890. Common Native Insects of South Australia: a popular guide to South Australian entomology. Part 2. Lepidoptera, or butterflies and moths of Adelaide. Adelaide : Wigg & Son iv 65 pp. [13] (suggested bifasciata was a synonym of Taractrocera flavovittata (Latreille, [1824])); Miskin, W.H. 1891. A synonymical catalogue of the Lepidoptera Rhopalocera (Butterflies) of Australia with full bibliographical reference: including descriptions of some new species. Annals of the Queensland Museum 1: [i]-xx 1-[93] [i]-ix [81] (listed Hesperilla bifasciata as a synonym of Taractrocera flavovittata); Lower, O.B. 1893. List of South Australian Rhopalocera. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 17(1): 1-12 [12] (stated identity unknown); Lower, O.B. 1897. Descriptions of new species of Australian Lepidoptera, with notes on synonymy. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 22(1): 10-32 [publication date: Anon. 1929. List showing dates of publication of parts of the Proceedings for each year. Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. Index to vols 1–50 (1875–1925)] [26] (stated his synonymy of Taractrocera flavovittata, Apaustus agraulia Hewitson, Pamphila sunias Felder and Hesperilla bifasciata, 'notes … compiled from personal inspection of types'); Meyrick, E. & Lower, O. 1902. Revision of the Australian Hesperiadae. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 26(2): 38-129 [127] (referred to Tepper's description and 'an excellent coloured drawing', noted type had been lost); Lower, O.B. 1911. Revision of the Australian Hesperiadae. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 35: 112-172 [146] (noted that Miskin misidentified the species as Taractrocera flavovittata (Latreille)); Waterhouse, G.A. 1937. Australian Hesperiidae. VII. Notes on the types and type localities. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 62(3–4): 107-125 [124] (refuted Tepper's claim that bifasciata and flavovittata are the same species, noted 'the figure is very poor and seems to resemble a moth rather than a butterfly'); Evans, W.H. 1949. A Catalogue of the Hesperiidae from Europe, Asia and Australia in the British Museum (Natural History). London : British Museum xix 502 pp. 53 pls. [477] (stated the 'description and figure apply to no known insect'); Fisher, R.H. 1978. Butterflies of South Australia (Lepidoptera: Hesperioidea, Papilionoidea). Adelaide : South Australian Government. Handbooks Series 272 pp. [48] (questioned authenticity of Hesperilla bifasciata); Edwards, E.D. 1989. Letter to the Editor. Victorian Entomologist 19(3): 63 [63] (stated that identity unknown).

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