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Oncopera brachyphylla

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Species of moth

Oncopera brachyphylla
Scientific classification Edit this 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

  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 brachyphylla


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