Dingy Grass-skipper Timoconia peron (syn. Toxidia peron)
Wingspan: 29 - 30mm
Sighted Claire Cottage: Nov - Feb
Distribution: From Thursday Island south through QLD & NSW to Snake Island near Port Welshpool, VIC.
Status Claire Cottage: uncommon
Status Dorrigo Plateau: thought to be uncommon
Similar species: Bright Shield-skipper Signeta flammeata, Two-spotted Sedge-skipper Hesperilla malindeva
Wingspan: 29 - 30mm
Sighted Claire Cottage: Nov - Feb
Distribution: From Thursday Island south through QLD & NSW to Snake Island near Port Welshpool, VIC.
Status Claire Cottage: uncommon
Status Dorrigo Plateau: thought to be uncommon
Similar species: Bright Shield-skipper Signeta flammeata, Two-spotted Sedge-skipper Hesperilla malindeva
Dingy Grass-skipper Timoconia peron (syn.Toxidia peron)
Wingspan: 29 - 30mm
Sighted Claire Cottage: Nov - Feb
Distribution: From Thursday Island south through QLD & NSW to Snake Island near Port Welshpool, VIC.
Status Claire Cottage: uncommon
Status Dorrigo Plateau: thought to be uncommon
Similar species: Bright Shield-skipper Signeta flammeata, Two-spotted Sedge-skipper Hesperilla malindeva
Butterfly Sightings:
Larva Sightings:
Larval Food Plants:
To date we have only sighted Toxidia peron a few times on our property and are yet to determine if it is breeding here.
Habitat where found at Claire Cottage: Rainforest edge
Flight habit: Throughout the day.
First warm season sighting - Claire Cottage: 27/11/2016
Last warm season sighting - Claire Cottage: 21/02/2016
Wingspan: 29 - 30mm
Sighted Claire Cottage: Nov - Feb
Distribution: From Thursday Island south through QLD & NSW to Snake Island near Port Welshpool, VIC.
Status Claire Cottage: uncommon
Status Dorrigo Plateau: thought to be uncommon
Similar species: Bright Shield-skipper Signeta flammeata, Two-spotted Sedge-skipper Hesperilla malindeva
Butterfly Sightings:
- CLAIRE COTTAGE: Nov 2016(f), Jan 2011, 2018, Feb 2016,
- DORRIGO PLATEAU elsewhere: None to date
- ELSEWHERE: None to date
Larva Sightings:
- CLAIRE COTTAGE: None to date
- DORRIGO PLATEAU elsewhere: None to date
- ELSEWHERE: None to date
Larval Food Plants:
- CLAIRE COTTAGE: CYPERACEAE: Gahnia sieberiana (Ref Fruited Saw Sedge), LOMANDRACEAE: Lomandra sp., PHORMIACEAE: Dianella caerulea (Blue Flax Lilly)
- DORRIGO PLATEAU elsewhere: (as for Claire Cottage)
- ELSEWHERE: POACEAE - Stenotaphrum secundatum (Buffalo Grass)
To date we have only sighted Toxidia peron a few times on our property and are yet to determine if it is breeding here.
Habitat where found at Claire Cottage: Rainforest edge
Flight habit: Throughout the day.
First warm season sighting - Claire Cottage: 27/11/2016
Last warm season sighting - Claire Cottage: 21/02/2016