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Oncopera rufobrunnea

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Species of moth

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

Oncopera rufobrunnea is a moth of the family Hepialidae. It is endemic to the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria and South Australia.

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

The males have a smaller wingspan than the females, measuring 5 cm and 6 cm respectively.

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. "Oncopera rufobrunnea". lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
  3. Australian Faunal Directory
  4. "Oncopera rufobrunnea". lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
Taxon identifiers
Oncopera rufobrunnea


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