Oncopera parva

Oncopera parva
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukarya
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hepialidae
Genus: Oncopera
Species: O. parva
Binomial name
Oncopera parva
Tindale, 1933
Synonyms
  • Oncopera argentata Tindale, 1933

Oncopera parva is a moth of the Hepialidae family. It is endemic to Queensland.[1]

The larvae are subterranean, but emerge from the soil to feed. They probably feed on fallen leaves.[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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