The Heath Sand-skipper Antipodia chaostola (Meyrick, 1888) (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae) in Central Gippsland, Victoria

Victorian Naturalist

Volumn 126, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 192-202

  Wainer, John ^a,b   Yen, Alan ^a,b  

^a Museum Victoria   (United States)

^b Knoxfield Centre   (United States)

Author keywords

Bushfire; Gahnia radula; Habitat; Heathy Woodland; Thatch Saw sedge

Indexed keywords

GAHNIA; HESPERIIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA; MENTHA X PIPERITA;

EID: 75949095724     PISSN: 00425184     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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