Oncopera mitocera

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

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

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
  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 Insects
  3. Australian Faunal Directory


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