Leptalina
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.
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| 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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Adults are on wing from June to July.
The larvae feed on various grasses, including Miscanthus sacchariflorus, Setaria and Phragmites species.[2]
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