Telicota mesoptis
Telicota mesoptis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Hesperiidae |
Genus: | Telicota |
Species: | T. mesoptis |
Binomial name | |
Telicota mesoptis (Lower, 1911) | |
Telicota mesoptis, the narrow-brand darter, is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is found in Australia (the northern Gulf and north-eastern coast of Queensland), the Aru Islands, Irian Jaya, the Kei Islands and Papua New Guinea.
The wingspan is about 30 mm.
The larvae feed on Panicum maximum and Sorghum verticilliflorum.
Subspecies
- Telicota mesoptis mesoptis (Lower, 1911) – Lower's grass dart or Lower's darter (northern Gulf and north-eastern coast of Queensland, the Aru Islands, the Kei Islands)