Oncopera mitocera

Oncopera mitocera
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hepialidae
Genus:	Oncopera
Species:	O. mitocera
Binomial name
	Oncopera mitocera; Turner, 1911
Synonyms
	Oncopera lineata Aurivillius, 1920; Oncopera suffusa Aurivillius, 1920; Oncopera vittata Aurivillius, 1920;

Oncopera mitocera is a moth of the Hepialidae family. It is found in Queensland, Australia.^[1]

The wingspan is about 30 millimetres (1.2 in). Adults have wings with little discernible pattern.^[2]

The larvae are subterranean and feed on the roots and bases of grasses in native and sown pastures,^[3] including Digitaria, Panicum and Setaria.

References

^ 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.
^ Australian Insects
^ Australian Faunal Directory

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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.

[2] Australian Insects

[3] Australian Faunal Directory

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