Timoconia is a genus of shield-skippers in the butterfly family Hesperiidae. There are at least four described species in Timoconia, found in Australia. [1][2]
| Timoconia | |
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| Timoconia flammeata, Australia | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Subfamily: | Trapezitinae |
| Genus: | Timoconia Strand, 1909 |
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Species
editThese four species belong to the genus Timoconia:
- Timoconia flammeata (Butler, 1882) (bright shield-skipper)
- Timoconia melania (Waterhouse, 1903) (dark grass-skipper)
- Timoconia peron Latreille, 1824 (large dingy skipper)
- Timoconia tymbophora (Meyrick & Lower, 1902) (dark shield-skipper)
References
edit- ^ Toussaint Fls, Emmanuel F A; Braby, Michael F; Müller, Chris; Petrie, Edward A; et al. (2022). "Molecular phylogeny, systematics and generic classification of the butterfly subfamily Trapezitinae (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea: Hesperiidae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 195 (4): 1407–1421. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab086.
- ^ "Genus Timoconia Strand, 1909". Australian Faunal Directory. Retrieved 2023-03-28.
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