Oncopera rufobrunnea
| Oncopera rufobrunnea | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hepialidae |
| Genus: | Oncopera |
| Species: | O. rufobrunnea
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| Binomial name | |
| Oncopera rufobrunnea Tindale, 1933
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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
[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.
- ^ "Oncopera rufobrunnea". lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
- ^ Australian Faunal Directory
- ^ "Oncopera rufobrunnea". lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
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