| Telicota eurotas | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Telicota |
| Species: | T. eurotas |
| Binomial name | |
| Telicota eurotas (Felder, 1860) | |
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Telicota eurotas, the sedge darter, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Australia (the north-eastern coast of Queensland), the Aru Islands, Irian Jaya, Maluku and Papua New Guinea.
The wingspan is about 30 mm.
The larvae feed on various sedges, including Carex polyantha , Cladium procerum , Scleria ciliaris , Scleria polycarpa and Scleria sumatrensis . It lives in a shelter made from leaves of the hostplant joined with silk.
