Oncopera brunneata

Oncopera brunneata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hepialidae
Genus: Oncopera
Species: O. brunneata
Binomial name
Oncopera brunneata
Tindale, 1933[1]

Oncopera brunneata is a moth of the Hepialidae family. It is found in eastern Australia.

The larvae feed on dead leaves.[2]

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.
  2. Don Herbison-Evans & Stella Crossley (February 2, 2009). "Oncopera brunneata". uts.edu.au. Retrieved 2009-02-11.


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