Taractrocera ina

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Taractrocera ina
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Taractrocera
Species:
T. ina
Binomial name
Taractrocera ina
Waterhouse, 1932
Synonyms
  • Taractrocera ina iolaWaterhouse, 1933

Taractrocera ina, the ina grassdart or no-brand grass-dart, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in northern, central and eastern Australia in scattered localities, south to western New South Wales and Papua New Guinea.

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The wingspan is about 20 mm.

The larvae feed on Cymbopogon citrata , Paspalum urvillei , Urochloa decumbens , Sorghum verticilliflorum , Paspalum conjugatum , Panicum maximum and Oryza sativa . It constructs a tubular shelter made of the leaves of its host plant.


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