Oncopera fasciculatus
| Oncopera fasciculatus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukarya |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hepialidae |
| Genus: | Oncopera |
| Species: | O. fasciculatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Oncopera fasciculatus (Walker, 1869) | |
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Oncopera fasciculatus, the underground grassgrub, is a moth of the Hepialidae family. It is endemic to South Australia and Victoria.[1][2]
The forewings are brown with a pattern of dark splotches. The hindwings are plain brown.[3]
The larvae live in vertical tunnels in the soil. They emerge at night to feed on the leaves ofgrasses in native and sown pastures.
References
- ↑ Ghost-moths of the world: a global inventory and bibliography of the Exoporia (Mnesarchaeoidea and Hepialoidea) (Lepidoptera)
- ↑ Australian Faunal Directory
- ↑ Australian Insects
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