Speckled Ochre TRAPEZITINAE, HESPERIIDAE, HESPERIOIDEA | (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley |
(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group,
Centre for Biodiversity Genomics,
University of Guelph)
The Caterpillars of this species feed on
The adult butterfly is brown with several pale yellow patches on each forewing, and a large central one and a small one on each hindwing.
The species is found in the south-west most tip of Western Australia.
Further reading :
Andrew A.E.Williams, Matthew R.Williams, & R.W.Hay,
A new species of Trapezites Hübner (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae) from Western Australia,
Australian Entomologist,
Volume 25 (1998) p. 7.
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(written 6 June 2020, updated 5 January 2024)