Species Hesperilla sexguttata Herrich-Schäffer, 1869
Riverine Sedge-skipper, Six-spot Skipper
- Hesperilla sexguttata Herrich-Schäffer, G.A.W. 1869. Neue Schmetterlinge aus dem Museum Godeffroy in Hamburg. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung 30(1–3): 66-80 pls 1-4 [80 pl. 3 fig. 16].
Type data:
Neotype ANIC 2025 ♂, Yeppoon, QLD (given by Sands & Kerr when designating the neotype, original type locality of Herrich-Schäffer (1869) given as Rockhampton, QLD)
Comment: Semper, G. 1879. Beitrag zur Rhopalocerenfauna von Australien. Journal des Museum Godeffroy V(14): 138–194 pls 8, 9 [dated 1878] [186] (indicated that there were originally two females); 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. Rec. S. Aust. Mus. 5(1): 49–62 [55] (stated that the whereabouts of the type was unknown); Waterhouse, G.A. 1937. Australian Hesperiidae. VII. Notes on the types and type localities. Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 62(3–4): 107–125 [118] (stated holotype probably lost).Subsequent designation references:
Sands, D.P.A. & Kerr, J.F.R. 1973. A new species of Hesperilla (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae) with a redescription of H. sexguttata (Herrich-Schäffer). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 12(4): 277-283 pl. 1 [281, 280 figs 3, 4]. - Toxidia sexguttata sela Waterhouse, G.A. 1932. Australian Hesperiidae. II. Notes and descriptions of new forms. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 57(3–4): 218-238 [222].
Type data:
Holotype AM KL09255 ♂ (Waterhouse in the original description referred to a holotype), Moa Is. (as Banks Is.), QLD (designated in original description).
Paratype(s) AM KL09255 1♂ 1♀, Banks Is., QLD
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. [11] (type specimen information).
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Sands, D.P.A. & Kerr, J.F.R. 1973. A new species of Hesperilla (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae) with a redescription of H. sexguttata (Herrich-Schäffer). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 12(4): 277-283 pl. 1 [282]
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)
Ecological Descriptors
Larva: herbivore (associated flora: Cyperus decompositus (R.Br.) F.Muell. [CYPERACEAE]; Cyperus javanicus Houtt. [CYPERACEAE]; Cyperus microcephalus R.Br. [CYPERACEAE]).
General References
Atkins, A.F. 1978. The Hesperilla malindeva group from northern Australia, including a new species (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 17(3): 205-215 [205] (biology)
Herrich-Schäffer, G.A.W. 1869. Sammlung neuer oder wenig bekannter aussereuropäischer Schmetterlinge. Regensburg : G.J. Manz 2 pp. 4 pls. [1–8] [3 fig. 118] (second description in August, 1869 as Telesto sexguttata)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07-Mar-2024 | PAPILIONOIDEA | 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | Dr Michael Braby |
| 04-Feb-2023 | PAPILIONOIDEA | 22-Dec-2023 | MODIFIED | Dr Michael Braby (ANU) |
| 13-May-2022 | PAPILIONOIDEA | 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | Dr Michael Braby |
| 26-Feb-2021 | PAPILIONOIDEA | 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | Dr Michael Braby |
| 04-Jun-2020 | PAPILIONOIDEA | 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | Dr Michael Braby |
| 06-Sep-2017 | PAPILIONOIDEA | 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 06-Sep-2017 | HESPERIIDAE | 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | Lyn Randall |
| 05-Mar-2013 | 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | ||
| 05-Mar-2013 | 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | ||
| 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED |