Toxidia inornatus

Toxidia inornatus, the spotless grass-skipper or inornata skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Indonesia (Papua, Aru Islands, Kai Islands), New Guinea, Australia's Cape York and surrounding islands.

Toxidia inornatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Hesperiidae
Genus:
Toxidia
Species:
T. inornatus
Binomial name
Toxidia inornatus
(Butler, 1883)
Synonyms
  • Thanaos inornatus Butler, 1883
  • Hesperia maykora Plötz, 1885
  • Telesto uniformis Swinhoe, 1905
  • Toxidia damora Fruhstorfer, 1911

The wingspan is about 25 mm.

The larvae feed on Poaceae species, including Brachiaria reptans. They live in the debris at the foot of its host plant or in a shelter of leaves joined with silk.

Subspecies
  • Toxidia inornatus inornatus (Butler, 1883) (Aru Islands, Kei Islands, Queensland)
  • Toxidia inornatus sekara (Plötz, 1885) (New Guinea)
  • ?Toxidia inornatus anga Evans 1949


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