''Timoconia melania'', the black skipper or dark grass-skipper, is a
butterfly of the family
Hesperiidae
Skippers are a family of the Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies) named the Hesperiidae. Being diurnal, they are generally called butterflies. They were previously placed in a separate superfamily, Hesperioidea; however, the most recent taxonomy ...
. It is endemic to the rainforests of tropical
Queensland, Australia.
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The wingspan is about 30 mm.
The larvae feed on ]Poaceae
Poaceae () or Gramineae () is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of monocotyledonous flowering plants commonly known as grasses. It includes the cereal grasses, bamboos and the grasses of natural grassland and species cultivated in lawns an ...
species. They construct a shelter by rolling a leaf into a tube or joining several leaves together. It rests in this shelter during the day.
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Australian Insects
Trapezitinae
Butterflies described in 1903
Butterflies of Australia
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