Timoconia

Timoconia
Timoconia flammeata, Australia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Subfamily:	Trapezitinae
Genus:	Timoconia Strand, 1909
Synonyms
Signeta

Timoconia peron, Australia

Timoconia is a genus of shield-skippers in the butterfly family Hesperiidae. There are at least four described species in Timoconia, found in Australia. ^{[1] [2]}

Species

These four species belong to the genus Timoconia:

• Timoconia flammeata (Butler, 1882) (bright shield-skipper)
• Timoconia melania (Waterhouse, 1903) (dark grass-skipper)
• Timoconia peron Latreille, 1824 (large dingy skipper)
• Timoconia tymbophora (Meyrick & Lower, 1902) (dark shield-skipper)

References

1. 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.
2. "Genus Timoconia Strand, 1909". Australian Faunal Directory. Retrieved 2023-03-28.