Biology:Timoconia peron

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Short description: Species of butterfly

Timoconia peron
Toxidia peron (ento-csiro-au).jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
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 peron Latreille, 1824
  • Telesto kochii Felder, 1862
  • Hesperilla doclea Hewitson, 1868
  • Telesto arsenia Plötz, 1884
  • Timoconia thielei Strand, 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). doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab086. https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article-abstract/195/4/1407/6523241. 
  2. ↑ "Species Timoconia peron (Latreille, 1824)". https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/Timoconia_peron. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q7830429 entry




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