Oncopera brachyphylla | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Hepialidae |
Genus: | Oncopera |
Species: | O. brachyphylla |
Binomial name | |
Oncopera brachyphylla Turner, 1925 |
Oncopera brachyphylla is a moth of the family Hepialidae. It is found in Queensland, Australia.
The larvae are subterranean and feed on the roots and bases of grasses and leaves in 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 brachyphylla |
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