| Oncopera alpina | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hepialidae |
| Genus: | Oncopera |
| Species: | O. alpina |
| Binomial name | |
| Oncopera alpina Tindale, 1933 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Oncopera alpina is a moth of the family Hepialidae. It is found in the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales and Victoria.[1]
The larvae are subterranean and feed on roots and bases of snow grasses (Poa species).[2]
References
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Australian Faunal Directory
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