Taractrocera anisomorpha, the large yellow grass-dart or orange grass-dart, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in the Northern Territory, Queensland and Western Australia.
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Hesperiidae |
Genus: | Taractrocera |
Species: | T. anisomorpha
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Binomial name | |
Taractrocera anisomorpha (Lower, 1911)
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The habitat consists of open eucalypt forests.
The wingspan is about 20 mm.
The larvae feed on Setaria paspalidioides, Eulalia aurea and Sorghum bicolor.
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