Toxidia andersoni, Anderson's skipper or the southern grass-skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Australia in inland New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria.
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Hesperiidae |
Genus: | Toxidia |
Species: | T. andersoni
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Binomial name | |
Toxidia andersoni (Kirby, 1893)
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The wingspan is about 20 mm.
The larvae feed on Poa queenslandica and Tetrarrhena juncea.
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