Telicota eurotas

Telicota eurotas
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Telicota
Species: T. eurotas
Binomial name
Telicota eurotas
(Felder, 1860)
Synonyms
  • Pamphila eurotas Felder, 1860

Telicota eurotas, the sedge darter, is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Australia (the north-eastern coast of Queensland), the Aru Islands, Irian Jaya, Maluku and Papua New Guinea.

The wingspan is about 30 mm.

The larvae feed on various sedges, including Carex polyantha, Cladium procerum, Scleria ciliaris, Scleria polycarpa and Scleria sumatrensis. It lives in a shelter made from leaves of the hostplant joined with silk.

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