Oncopera tindalei
Oncopera tindalei | |
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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
- ↑ Ghost-moths of the world: a global inventory and bibliography of the Exoporia (Mnesarchaeoidea and Hepialoidea) (Lepidoptera)
- ↑ Australian Faunal Directory
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