Oncopera intricata

The Tasmanian grassgrub or corbie (Oncopera intricata) is a moth of the family Hepialidae. It is found in Tasmania.

Oncopera intricata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Hepialidae
Genus:
Oncopera
Species:
O. intricata
Binomial name
Oncopera intricata
Walker, 1856[1]

The larvae feed on Fragaria species as well as grasses.

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.


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