Oncopera rufobrunnea
| Oncopera rufobrunnea | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukarya |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hepialidae |
| Genus: | Oncopera |
| Species: | O. rufobrunnea |
| Binomial name | |
| Oncopera rufobrunnea Tindale, 1933 | |
Oncopera rufobrunnea is a moth of the Hepialidae family. It is endemic to the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Tasmania and Victoria.[1]
The larvae are subterranean and feed on roots and bases of grasses in native and 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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