Leptalina

Leptalina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Subfamily: Heteropterinae
Genus: Leptalina
Mabille, 1904
Species:
L. unicolor
Binomial name
Leptalina unicolor
(Bremer & Grey, [1852])[1]
Synonyms
  • Steropes unicolor Bremer & Grey, [1852]
  • Steropes ornatus Bremer, 1861

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. The species is endangered by habitat decline, and worldwide populations have decreased significantly.[2]

Adults are on wing from June to July.

The larvae feed on various grasses, including Miscanthus sacchariflorus, Setaria and Phragmites species.[3]

  1. ^ Leptalina at funet.fi
  2. ^ Choi, Jong-Yun; Kim, Seong-Ki; Back, You-Hyune; Jeon, Ju-A; Kim, Jeong-Cheol; Yun, Jong-Hak (19 August 2019). "Influence of plant on distribution of an endangered butterfly, Leptalina unicolor (Bremer & Grey, 1853), in restored riverside areas along the Geum River". Journal of Ecology and Environment. 43 (1): 32. doi:10.1186/s41610-019-0129-0. ISSN 2288-1220.
  3. ^ Russian Insects