Taractrocera anisomorpha

Taractrocera anisomorpha
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Tribe: Taractrocerini
Genus: Taractrocera
Species: T. anisomorpha
Binomial name
Taractrocera anisomorpha
(Lower, 1911)
Synonyms
  • Bibla anisomorpha Lower, 1911

Taractrocera anisomorpha, the large yellow grass-dart or orange grass-dart, is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is found in the Northern Territory, Queensland and Western Australia.

The habitat consists of open eucalypt forests.

The wingspan is about 20 mm.

The larvae feed on Setaria paspalidioides, Eulalia aurea and Sorghum bicolor.

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