Telicota eurotas

Telicota eurotas, the sedge darter, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Australia (the north-eastern coast of Queensland), the Aru Islands, Irian Jaya, Maluku and Papua New Guinea.

Telicota eurotas
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Genus:	Telicota
Species:	T. eurotas
Binomial name
Telicota eurotas (Felder, 1860)
Synonyms
Pamphila eurotas Felder, 1860

The wingspan is about 30 mm.

The larvae feed on various sedges, including Carex polyantha, Cladium procerum, Scleria ciliaris, Scleria polycarpa and Scleria sumatrensis. It lives in a shelter made from leaves of the hostplant joined with silk.

Subspecies

• Telicota eurotas eurotas (Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea)
• Telicota eurotas laconia Waterhouse, 1937 (north-eastern coast of Queensland)

External links

• Australian Insects Archived 2010-06-26 at the Wayback Machine
• Australian Faunal Directory