Timoconia melania
Appearance
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Hesperiidae |
Subfamily: | Trapezitinae |
Genus: | Timoconia |
Species: | T. melania
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Binomial name | |
Timoconia melania (Waterhouse, 1903)
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Timoconia melania, the black skipper or dark grass-skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is endemic to the rainforests of tropical Queensland, Australia.[1][2]
The wingspan is about 30 mm.
The larvae feed on Poaceae species.
References
[edit]- ^ Toussaint Fls, Emmanuel F A; Braby, Michael F; Müller, Chris; Petrie, Edward A; et al. (2022). "Molecular phylogeny, systematics and generic classification of the butterfly subfamily Trapezitinae (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea: Hesperiidae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 195 (4): 1407–1421. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab086.
- ^ "Species Timoconia melania (Waterhouse, 1903)". Australian Faunal Directory. Retrieved 2023-03-28.
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