Oncopera brunneata

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

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]

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. S2CID 86004391.
  2. Don Herbison-Evans & Stella Crossley (February 2, 2009). "Oncopera brunneata". uts.edu.au. Retrieved 2009-02-11.


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