Oncopera alpina

Oncopera alpina is a moth of the family Hepialidae. It is found in the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales and Victoria.[1]

Oncopera alpina
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukarya
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Hepialidae
Genus:
Oncopera
Species:
O. alpina
Binomial name
Oncopera alpina
Tindale, 1933
Synonyms
  • Oncopera nebulosa Tindale, 1933

The larvae are subterranean and feed on roots and bases of snow grasses (Poa species).[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. S2CID 86004391.
  2. Australian Faunal Directory


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