Species Trapezites phigalia (Hewitson, 1868)
Heath Ochre, Phigalia Skipper
- Hesperia phigalia Hewitson, W.C. 1868. Descriptions of One Hundred New Species of Hesperidae. London : John van Voorst Vol. 2 25-56 pp. [32].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH ♀, Australia (designated in original description)
Comment: Hewitson in the original publication did not indicate the number of specimens described; Kirby, W.F. 1879. Catalogue of the Collection of Diurnal Lepidoptera Formed by the Late William Chapman Hewitson, of Oatlands, Walton-on-Thames; and Bequeathed by Him to the British Museum. London : John van Voorst iv 246 pp. [235] (listed two specimens in the Hewitson collection).Subsequent designation references:
Lower, O.B. 1911. Revision of the Australian Hesperiadae. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 35: 112-172 [141] (referred to a type); Waterhouse, G.A. 1937. Australian Hesperiidae. VI. Descriptions of new subspecies. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 62(1–2): 32-34 [32] (discussed type material); 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 [112] (referred to a holotype, and could find only one of the two specimens mentioned by Kirby, believed that Hewitson described a male but only a female specimen could be found); 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 Lower's (1911) reference to a type as a lectotype designation (Art. 74, ICZN 1985)).Type locality references:
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 [112] (Waterhouse suggested near Adelaide, SA, as the type locality). - Telesto phlaea Plötz, C. 1884. Die Hesperiinen-Gattung Telesto Boisd., und ihre Arten. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung 45(10–12): 376-384 [378] [Plötz' fig. 794 referred to in the original description was unpublished].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown ♀, Melbourne, VIC (designated in original description)
Comment: Plötz in the original publication did not indicate the number of specimens described but one is likely; 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 [469] (information on the Plötz' types). - Trapezites phillyra Miskin, W.H. 1889. Descriptions of some new species of Australian Hesperidae. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 6(4): 146-154 [publication date: Anon. 1889. Royal Society of Queensland. Annual Meeting, 12th July, 1889. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 6: i–xi [iv, vi, x]] [153].
Type data:
Lectotype SAMA ♂, Victoria (designated in original description)
Comment: Miskin in the original description mentioned both sexes.Subsequent designation references:
Lower, O.B. 1911. Revision of the Australian Hesperiadae. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 35: 112-172 [141] (referred to a type but incorrectly stated that it was in the QM); 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 [50] (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 [113] (referred to a holotype); Hancock, D.L. 1995. The butterfly types of W. H. Miskin in the Queensland Museum (Lepidoptera). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 38(2): 519-528 [16] (interpreted Waterhouse's (1933) reference to a holotype as a lectotype designation (Art. 74, ICZN 1985)). - Trapezites phigalia phila Waterhouse, G.A. 1937. Australian Hesperiidae. VI. Descriptions of new subspecies. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 62(1–2): 32-34 [32].
Type data:
Holotype AM KL10117 ♂ (Waterhouse designated a holotype), Stradbroke Is., QLD (designated in original description;interpret Stradbroke Is. to mean North Stradbroke Is., QLD).
Paratype(s) AM KL10117 1♂, Stradbroke Is., QLD; AM KL10118 1♂, Stradbroke Is., QLD; AM KL10151 1♂, Stradbroke 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. [10] (type material information).
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Vic: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)
Ecological Descriptors
Larva: herbivore (associated flora: Lomandra multiflora (R.Br.) Britten [XANTHORRHOEACEAE] Many-flowered Mat Rush; Lomandra glauca (R.Br.) Ewart [ASPARAGACEAE] Pale Mat-rush; Lomandra sororia (F.Muell. ex Benth.) Ewart [ASPARAGACEAE] Small Mat-rush; Lomandra filiformis (Thunb.) Britten [XANTHORRHOEACEAE] Wattle Mat-rush; Lomandra densiflora J.M.Black [XANTHORRHOEACEAE]; Lomandra fibrata J.M.Black [XANTHORRHOEACEAE]; Lomandra nana (A.T.Lee) A.T.Lee [ASPARAGACEAE]; Lomandra obliqua (Thunb.) J.F.Macbr. [XANTHORRHOEACEAE]).
General References
Common, I.F.B. & Waterhouse, D.F. 1981. Butterflies of Australia. Sydney : Angus & Robertson xiv 682 pp. 49 pls. [115] (biology)
Quick, W.N.B. & McCubbin, C.W. 1972. The phigalia skipper, Trapezites phigalia phigalia Hewitson (Lepidoptera, subfamily Trapezitinae). Victorian Entomologist 2(2): 7-8 [7]
Waterhouse, G.A. & Lyell, G. 1912. Descriptions of and notes on some Australian Hesperidae. Victorian Naturalist 28(12): 223-228 [227]
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. [Date published 25 July 1914] [179] (description)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04-Feb-2023 | PAPILIONOIDEA | 04-Feb-2023 | MODIFIED | Dr Michael Braby (ANU) |
| 13-May-2022 | PAPILIONOIDEA | 21-Dec-2022 | MODIFIED | Dr Michael Braby |
| 26-Feb-2021 | PAPILIONOIDEA | 04-Feb-2023 | MODIFIED | Dr Michael Braby |
| 04-Jun-2020 | PAPILIONOIDEA | 04-Feb-2023 | MODIFIED | Dr Michael Braby |
| 06-Sep-2017 | PAPILIONOIDEA | 04-Feb-2023 | MODIFIED | |
| 06-Sep-2017 | HESPERIIDAE | 04-Feb-2023 | MODIFIED | Lyn Randall |
| 05-Mar-2013 | 04-Feb-2023 | MODIFIED | ||
| 05-Mar-2013 | 04-Feb-2023 | MODIFIED | ||
| 04-Feb-2023 | MODIFIED |