Taractrocera anisomorpha
Species of butterfly
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Taractrocera anisomorpha, the large yellow grass-dart or orange grass-dart, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in the Northern Territory, Queensland and Western Australia.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Taractrocera |
| Species: | T. anisomorpha |
| Binomial name | |
| Taractrocera anisomorpha (Lower, 1911) | |
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The habitat consists of open eucalypt forests.
The wingspan is about 20 mm.
The larvae feed on Setaria paspalidioides, Eulalia aurea and Sorghum bicolor.
External links
- Australian Insects Archived 2011-04-05 at the Wayback Machine
- Australian Faunal Directory
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