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Oncopera mitocera

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Species of moth

Oncopera mitocera
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hepialidae
Genus: Oncopera
Species: O. mitocera
Binomial name
Oncopera mitocera
Turner, 1911
Synonyms
  • Oncopera lineata Aurivillius, 1920
  • Oncopera suffusa Aurivillius, 1920
  • Oncopera vittata Aurivillius, 1920

Oncopera mitocera is a moth of the family Hepialidae. It is found in Queensland, Australia.

The wingspan is about 30 millimetres (1.2 in). Adults have wings with little discernible pattern.

The larvae are subterranean and feed on the roots and bases of grasses in native and sown pastures, including Digitaria, Panicum and Setaria.

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 Insects
  3. Australian Faunal Directory
Taxon identifiers
Oncopera mitocera


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