Oncopera

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Oncopera
Oncopera intricata
Oncopera intricata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hepialidae
Genus: Oncopera
Walker, 1856
Species

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Oncopera is a genus of moths of the family Hepialidae. There are 12 described species, all endemic to Australia. The larvae usually feed on grasses, although that of O. intricata has been recorded on strawberry.

[edit] Species

  • O. alboguttata Ebor Grassgrub - New South Wales
  • O. alpina Alpine Grassgrub - New South Wales
  • Food plant: Poa
  • O. brachyphylla Roundheaded Pasture Webworm - Queensland
  • Larva recorded on Fragaria as well as grasses
  • O. intricoides
  • O. mitocera Flatheaded Pasture Webworm - Queensland
  • O. parva
  • O. rufobrunnea Winter Corbie - New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania
  • O. tindalei Tindale's Grassgrub - New South Wales (Named after Norman Barnett Tindale)

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