Taractrocera ina
Taractrocera ina | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Hesperiidae |
Tribe: | Taractrocerini |
Genus: | Taractrocera |
Species: | T. ina |
Binomial name | |
Taractrocera ina Waterhouse, 1932 | |
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The ina grassdart or no-brand grass-dart (Taractrocera ina) is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is found in northern, central and eastern Australia in scattered localities, south to western New South Wales and Papua New Guinea.
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The wingspan is about 20 mm.
The larvae feed on Cymbopogon citrata, Paspalum urvillei, Urochloa decumbens, Sorghum verticilliflorum, Paspalum conjugatum, Panicum maximum and Oryza sativa. It constructs a tubular shelter made of the leaves of its host plant.