Subspecies Hesperilla donnysa galena Waterhouse, 1927
- Hesperilla donnysa galena 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].
Type data:
Holotype AM KL08837 ♂ (Waterhouse in the original description mentioned a holotype), Geraldton, WA (designated in original description).
Paratype(s) AM KL08838 1♀, Geraldton, WA; AM KL08839 1♂, Geraldton, WA; AM KL08840 1♀; AM KL08841 9♂ 6♀, Geraldton, WA
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. [12] (type specimen information).
Distribution
States
Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
WA: Carnarvon (CAR), Gascoyne (GAS), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Murchison (MUR), Pilbara (PIL), Yalgoo (YAL)
Ecological Descriptors
Larva: herbivore.
General References
Waterhouse, G.A. 1941. Australian Hesperiidae. X. On Hesperilla donnysa Hewitson, 1868. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 66(3–4): 215-218 [218]
History of changes
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| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |