Timoconia peron

Timoconia peron
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Subfamily:	Trapezitinae
Genus:	Timoconia
Species:	T. peron
Binomial name
Timoconia peron (Latreille, [1824])
Synonyms
Toxidia peron(Latreille, 1824) Hesperia peronLatreille, 1824 Telesto kochiiFelder, 1862 Hesperilla docleaHewitson, 1868 Telesto arseniaPlötz, 1884 Timoconia thieleiStrand, 1909

Timoconia peron, the large dingy skipper or dingy grass-skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria. ^{[1] [2]}

The wingspan is about 30 mm.

The larvae feed on Stenotaphrum secundatum , Gahnia sieberiana , Lomandra species, Dianella caerulea and other Dianella 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 peron (Latreille, 1824)". Australian Faunal Directory. Retrieved 2023-03-28.

External links

• Australian Insects