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Oncopera rufobrunnea

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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.[1][2]

The larvae are subterranean and feed on roots and bases of grasses in native and sown pastures.[3]

The males have a smaller wingspan than the females, measuring 5 cm and 6 cm respectively.[4]

References

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  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.