''Timoconia'' is a genus of shield-skippers in the

butterfly Butterflies are winged insects from the lepidopteran superfamily Papilionoidea, characterized by large, often brightly coloured wings that often fold together when at rest, and a conspicuous, fluttering flight. The oldest butterfly fossi ...

family

Hesperiidae Skippers are a group of butterflies placed in the family Hesperiidae within the order Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies). They were previously placed in a separate superfamily, Hesperioidea, but have since been placed in the superfamily Papilion ...

. There are at least four described species in ''Timoconia'', found in Australia.

Species

These four species belong to the genus ''Timoconia'': * '' Timoconia flammeata'' (Butler, 1882) (bright shield-skipper) * '' Timoconia melania'' (Waterhouse, 1903) (dark grass-skipper) * '' Timoconia peron'' Latreille, 1824 (large dingy skipper) * '' Timoconia tymbophora'' (Meyrick & Lower, 1902) (dark shield-skipper)

References

Trapezitinae Hesperiidae genera Taxa named by Embrik Strand {{hesperiidae-stub