Oncopera alboguttata | |
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Scientific 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
- 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.
- Australian Faunal Directory
Taxon identifiers | |
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Oncopera alboguttata |
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