Timoconia melania
Species of butterfly
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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]
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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) | |
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The wingspan is about 30 mm.
The larvae feed on Poaceae species.
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