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Oncopera tindalei
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukarya
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Hepialidae
Genus:
Oncopera
Species:
O. tindalei
Binomial name
Oncopera tindalei
Common, 1966

Oncopera tindalei is a moth of the Hepialidae family. It is found in New South Wales, Australia.[1] It was named after Australian entomologist Norman Tindale.

The larvae are subterranean and probably feed on the roots and bases of grasses in native and sown pastures.[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. ^ Australian Faunal Directory


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