Telicota mesoptis

Telicota mesoptis
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.

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