Oncopera brachyphylla
Oncopera brachyphylla | |
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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
- ↑ Ghost-moths of the world: a global inventory and bibliography of the Exoporia (Mnesarchaeoidea and Hepialoidea) (Lepidoptera)
- ↑ Australian Faunal Directory
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