Leptalina
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Subfamily: | Heteropterinae |
| Genus: | Leptalina Mabille, 1904 |
| Species: | L. unicolor
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| Leptalina unicolor | |
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Leptalina is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae. It contains only one species, Leptalina unicolor, which is found in eastern China, Korea, Japan and the Russian Far East (Amur). The habitat consists of humid meadows.
Adults are on wing from June to July.
The larvae feed on various grasses, including Miscanthus sacchariflorus, Setaria and Phragmites species.[2]
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Leptalina.
Wikispecies has information related to Leptalina.
- ^ Leptalina at funet.fi
- ^ Russian Insects
External links
- Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
- images representing Leptalina at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
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