Taractrocera Explained

Taractrocera is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.

Species

• Taractrocera anisomorpha (Lower, 1911)
• Taractrocera archias (Felder, 1860)
• Taractrocera ardonia (Hewitson, 1868)
• Taractrocera ceramas (Hewitson, 1868)
• Taractrocera danna (Moore, 1865)
• Taractrocera dolon (Plötz, 1884)
• Taractrocera flavoides Leech, 1893
• Taractrocera fusca de Jong, 2004
• Taractrocera ilia Waterhouse, 1932
• Taractrocera ina Waterhouse, 1932
• Taractrocera luzonensis (Snellen, 1889)
• Taractrocera maevius (Fabricius, 1793)
• Taractrocera nigrolimbata (Snellen, 1889)
• Taractrocera papyria (Boisduval, 1832)
• Taractrocera tilda Evans, 1934
• Taractrocera trikora de Jong, 2004

Biology

The larvae feed on Gramineae including Bambusa, Oryza ^[1]

References

• Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
• Taractrocera at funet

Notes and References

1. Robinson, G. S., P. R. Ackery, I. J. Kitching, G. W. Beccaloni & L. M. Hernández, 2010. HOSTS - A Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants. Natural History Museum, London. nhm hosts