Oncopera mitocera

Oncopera mitocera
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hepialidae
Genus: Oncopera
Species: O. mitocera
Binomial name
Oncopera mitocera
Turner, 1911
Synonyms
  • Oncopera lineata Aurivillius, 1920
  • Oncopera suffusa Aurivillius, 1920
  • Oncopera vittata Aurivillius, 1920

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

The wingspan is about 30 millimetres (1.2 in). Adults have wings with little discernible pattern.[2]

The larvae are subterranean and feed on the roots and bases of grasses in native and sown pastures,[3] including Digitaria, Panicum and Setaria.

References

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


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