Telicota brachydesma Lower, 1908
Small Darter
 HESPERIINAE ,   HESPERIIDAE

Don Herbison-Evans ( donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Stella Crossley

Telicota brachydesma
(Photo: by P.S. Valentine and S.J. Johnson, courtesy of The Australian Entomologist)

These caterpillars are a jungle species, and have been found feeding on :

  • Banks' Grass ( Leptaspis banksii, POACEAE ).

    Telicota brachydesma
    (Picture: courtesy of CSIRO Entomology)

    The butterflies are brown with a broad orange stripe across each wing. The males also have a black stripe on the upper suface of each forewing alongside the orange one. The butterflies have a wingspan of about 2.5 cms.

    The species occurs along the coast of north Queensland.

    Further reading :

    Michael F. Braby,
    Butterflies of Australia, CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne 2000, vol. 1, p. 229.

    previous
    back
    caterpillar
    Australian
    Australian Butterflies
    butterflies
    Australian
    home
    caterpillars
    Australian
    Australian Moths
    moths
    next
    next
    caterpillar

    (updated 8 February 2009)