Oncopera brachyphylla

Oncopera brachyphylla
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukarya
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hepialidae
Genus: Oncopera
Species: O. brachyphylla
Binomial name
Oncopera brachyphylla
Turner, 1925

Oncopera brachyphylla is a moth of the Hepialidae family. It is found in Queensland, Australia.[1]

The larvae are subterranean and feed on the roots and bases of grasses and leaves in sown pastures.[2]

References

  1. Ghost-moths of the world: a global inventory and bibliography of the Exoporia (Mnesarchaeoidea and Hepialoidea) (Lepidoptera)
  2. Australian Faunal Directory


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