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Oncopera alboguttata

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Species of moth

Oncopera alboguttata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hepialidae
Genus: Oncopera
Species: O. alboguttata
Binomial name
Oncopera alboguttata
Tindale, 1933

Oncopera alboguttata is a moth of the family Hepialidae. It is found in New South Wales and Queensland.

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

References

  1. Nielsen, Ebbe S.; Robinson, Gaden S.; Wagner, David L. (2000). "Ghost-moths of the world: a global inventory and bibliography of the Exoporia (Mnesarchaeoidea and Hepialoidea) (Lepidoptera )" (PDF). Journal of Natural History. 34 (6): 823–878. doi:10.1080/002229300299282. S2CID 86004391.
  2. Australian Faunal Directory
Taxon identifiers
Oncopera alboguttata


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