Oncopera rufobrunnea

Oncopera rufobrunnea
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukarya
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hepialidae
Genus: Oncopera
Species: O. rufobrunnea
Binomial name
Oncopera rufobrunnea
Tindale, 1933

Oncopera rufobrunnea is a moth of the Hepialidae family. It is endemic to the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Tasmania and Victoria.[1]

The larvae are subterranean and feed on roots and bases of grasses in native and sown pastures.[2]

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