Oncopera fasciculatus
| Oncopera fasciculatus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukarya |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hepialidae |
| Genus: | Oncopera |
| Species: | O. fasciculatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Oncopera fasciculatus (Walker, 1869) | |
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Oncopera fasciculatus, the underground grassgrub, is a moth of the Hepialidae family endemic to South Australia and Victoria.[1][2] The fore wings are brown with a pattern of dark splotches. The hind wings are plain brown.[3] The larvae live in vertical tunnels in the soil. They emerge at night to feed on the leaves of grasses in native and sown pastures.
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.
- ↑ Australian Faunal Directory
- ↑ Australian Insects
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