Taractrocera ina

Taractrocera ina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Tribe: Taractrocerini
Genus: Taractrocera
Species: T. ina
Binomial name
Taractrocera ina
Waterhouse, 1932
Synonyms
  • Taractrocera ina iola Waterhouse, 1933

The ina grassdart or no-brand grass-dart (Taractrocera ina) is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is found in northern, central and eastern Australia in scattered localities, south to western New South Wales and Papua New Guinea.

The wingspan is about 20 mm.

The larvae feed on Cymbopogon citrata, Paspalum urvillei, Urochloa decumbens, Sorghum verticilliflorum, Paspalum conjugatum, Panicum maximum and Oryza sativa. It constructs a tubular shelter made of the leaves of its host plant.

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