Subspecies Hesperilla chrysotricha chrysotricha (Meyrick & Lower, 1902)

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• Telesto chrysotricha Meyrick, E. & Lower, O. 1902. Revision of the Australian Hesperiadae. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 26(2): 38-129 [59] [Waterhouse, G.A. & Lyell, G. 1914. The Butterflies of Australia: a monograph of the Australian Rhopalocera introducing a complete scheme of structural classification, and giving descriptions and illustrations of all the butterflies found in Australia, including a number now recorded for the first time. Sydney : Angus & Robertson 239 pp. 38 pls + 3 unnumbered colour pls [188] (as first revisers gave priority to Telesto chrysotricha Meyrick & Lower, 1902 over Telesto cyclospila Meyrick & Lower, 1902)].

  Type data:

   Lectotype SAMA ♂, Albany, WA (Northampton and Albany, WA, given in original description)
  Comment: Meyrick & Lower in the original description stated that they had two specimens (males), one from Albany, WA, and one from Northampton, WA; Lower, O.B. 1911. Revision of the Australian Hesperiadae. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 35: 112–172 [122] (stated that the types were in his collection; meant the type male (a syntype) and the type female (not a syntype); also stated that the Northampton syntype was in Meyrick's collection so only one syntype was in his (Lower's) collection).

  Subsequent designation references:

  Waterhouse, G.A. 1933. Notes on the type specimens of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera) in the museums in Australia, with special reference to those in the South Australian Museum. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 5(1): 49-62 [49, 56] (referred to a holotype); 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 [118] (again referred to a holotype); Edwards, E.D., Newland, J. & Regan, L. 2001. Lepidoptera: Hesperioidea, Papilionoidea. In Wells, A. & Houston, W.W.K. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 31.6. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing, Australia. x 615 pp. (interpret Waterhouse's (1933) reference to a holotype as a lectotype designation (Art. 74, ICZN 1985); while Lower (1911) used the plural 'types', one of these cannot be a type as it was of the opposite sex to those described in 1902, thus although his mention of 'types' could be construed as a lectotype designation, we have preferred to rely on Waterhouse's reference to the same specimen as a lectotype designation).

  Type locality references:

  Lower, O.B. 1911. Revision of the Australian Hesperiadae. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 35: 112-172 [121] (restricted the type locality to Albany, WA).
• Hesperilla chrysotricha leucospila Waterhouse, G.A. 1927. Australian Hesperiidae. Part I. Notes and descriptions of new forms. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 52(3): 275-283 pl. 26 figs 1-28 [280 pl. 26 figs 25-28].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMV ♂ (Waterhouse designated a holotype), Inverloch, VIC (designated in original description).
  Paratype(s) AM KL08613 ♂; NMV 1♂ 1♀, Inverloch, VIC
  Comment: Peters, J.V. 1971. A Catalogue of the Type Specimens of the Hesperioidea and Papilionoidea (Lepidoptera) in the Australian Museum. Greenwich, NSW : Australian Entomological Press 36 pp. [13] (type specimen information) these specimens not listed on the NMV web site.
• Hesperilla chrysotricha plebeia Waterhouse, G.A. 1927. Australian Hesperiidae. Part I. Notes and descriptions of new forms. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 52(3): 275-283 pl. 26 figs 1-28 [281 pl. 26 figs 23, 24].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM KL08581 ♂ (Waterhouse in the original description stated that the holotype was in the Lyell collection (NMV) but Peters in 1971 listed it in the AM), Bridport, TAS (designated in original description).
  Paratype(s) AM KL08582 1♂, Bridport,TAS
  Comment: Edwards, E.D., Newland, J. & Regan, L. 2001. Lepidoptera: Hesperioidea, Papilionoidea. In Wells, A. & Houston, W.W.K. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 31.6. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing, Australia. x 615 pp. (the 'neallotype' female mentioned by Couchman in 1949 has no status); Peters, J.V. 1971. A Catalogue of the Type Specimens of the Hesperioidea and Papilionoidea (Lepidoptera) in the Australian Museum. Greenwich, NSW : Australian Entomological Press 36 pp. [12] (type specimen information).
• Hesperilla chrysotricha leucosia Waterhouse, G.A. 1938. Australian Hesperiidae. VIII. Descriptions of new forms. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 63(5–6): 451-452 [452].

  Type data:

   Lectotype AM KL08630 ♂, Mt Compass, SA (designated in original description).
  Paralectotype(s) AM KL08628 ♂; AM KL08629 ♀; AM KL08631 ♂; AM KL08632 ♀
  Comment: Waterhouse in the original description indicated that he had several specimens; Peters, J.V. 1971. A Catalogue of the Type Specimens of the Hesperioidea and Papilionoidea (Lepidoptera) in the Australian Museum. Greenwich, NSW : Australian Entomological Press 36 pp. [12] (type specimen identifiers).

  Subsequent designation references:

  Peters, J.V. 1971. A Catalogue of the Type Specimens of the Hesperioidea and Papilionoidea (Lepidoptera) in the Australian Museum. Greenwich, NSW : Australian Entomological Press 36 pp. [12] (referred to a holotype); Edwards, E.D., Newland, J. & Regan, L. 2001. Lepidoptera: Hesperioidea, Papilionoidea. In Wells, A. & Houston, W.W.K. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 31.6. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing, Australia. x 615 pp. (interpret Peters' (1971) incorrect reference to a holotype as a lectotype designation (Art. 74, ICZN 1985)).
• Hesperilla chrysotricha lunawanna Couchman, L.E. 1949. Notes on the geographical races of Hesperilla chrysotricha Meyrick & Lower (Lepidoptera-Hesperiidae). Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1948: 65-73 pl. 1 [68].

  Type data:

   Holotype TMH ♂ (Couchman designated a holotype and in the original description stated that the holotype was in TMH), Lunawanna, TAS (designated in original description).
  Paratype(s) TMH 1♀, Lunawanna, TAS; AM KL08600 1♂ 1♀, Lunawanna, TAS; SAMA number and sex not recorded, Lunawanna, TAS; ANIC 11 ♂ and 8 ♀, Lunawanna, TAS
  Comment: Edwards, E.D., Newland, J. & Regan, L. 2001. Lepidoptera: Hesperioidea, Papilionoidea. In Wells, A. & Houston, W.W.K. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 31.6. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing, Australia. x 615 pp. (there is a specimen labelled as holotype in ANIC from the Couchman collection) Peters, J.V. 1971. A Catalogue of the Type Specimens of the Hesperioidea and Papilionoidea (Lepidoptera) in the Australian Museum. Greenwich, NSW : Australian Entomological Press 36 pp. [13] (type specimen information) from L.E. and R. Couchman Collection; the NMV web site lists paratypes in the NMV but Couchman did not deposit paratypes of lunawanna in NMV.
• Hesperilla chrysotricha naua Couchman, L.E. 1949. Notes on the geographical races of Hesperilla chrysotricha Meyrick & Lower (Lepidoptera-Hesperiidae). Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1948: 65-73 pl. 1 [68].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA ♂ (Couchman designated a holotype), The Fountain, Port Lincoln, SA (designated as Wanilla Fountain, approx. 20 km (as 12 mls) NW of Port Lincoln, 5 km (as 3 mls) east of Kellidie Bay, SA, in original description).
  Paratype(s) SAMA sex and number unknown (originally in the personal collection of F.M. Angel); ANIC 2 ♂ 1♀ (from L.E. and R. Couchman Collection).

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Waterhouse, G.A. 1932. Australian Hesperiidae. II. Notes and descriptions of new forms. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 57: 218-238 [225]
• Braby, M.F. 2000. The Butterflies of Australia, their identification, biology and distribution. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing xx 976 pp. (for Hesperilla chrysotricha leucosia Waterhouse, 1938, Hesperilla chrysotricha lunawanna Couchman, 1949, Hesperilla chrysotricha naua Couchman, 1949 and Hesperilla chrysotricha plebeia Waterhouse, 1927)

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Carnarvon (CAR), Esperance Plains (ESP), Gascoyne (GAS), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Murchison (MUR), Pilbara (PIL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Larva: herbivore.

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
05-Mar-2013		05-Mar-2013	MODIFIED
05-Mar-2013		07-Aug-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)