Oncopera parva
Appearance
Oncopera parva | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Hepialidae |
Genus: | Oncopera |
Species: | O. parva
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Binomial name | |
Oncopera parva Tindale, 1933
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Oncopera parva is a moth of the family Hepialidae. It is endemic to Queensland.[1]
The larvae are subterranean, but emerge from the soil to feed. They probably feed on fallen leaves.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ 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