Timoconia melania

Timoconia melania
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Subfamily:	Trapezitinae
Genus:	Timoconia
Species:	T. melania
Binomial name
Timoconia melania (Waterhouse, 1903)
Synonyms
Toxidia melania(Waterhouse, 1903) Telesto melaniaWaterhouse, 1903

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

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. "Species Timoconia melania (Waterhouse, 1903)". Australian Faunal Directory. Retrieved 2023-03-28.

External links

• Australian Insects