Oncopera tindalei

Oncopera tindalei
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukarya
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hepialidae
Genus: Oncopera
Species: O. tindalei
Binomial name
Oncopera tindalei
Common, 1966

Oncopera tindalei is a moth of the Hepialidae family. It is found in New South Wales, Australia.[1] It was named after Australian entomologist Norman Tindale.

The larvae are subterranean and probably feed on the roots and bases of grasses in native and sown pastures.[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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