Oncopera

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Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Hepialidae		Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Rank Genus

Similar Oxycanus, Trictena, Oncopera intricata, Abantiades, Aenetus

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.

Species

Oncopera alboguttata (Ebor grassgrub) - New South Wales

Oncopera alpina (alpine grassgrub) - New South Wales

Food plant: Poa

Oncopera brachyphylla (roundheaded pasture webworm) - Queensland

Food plants include Panicum

Oncopera brunneata

Oncopera epargyra

Oncopera fasciculatus (underground grassgrub) - Western Australia, South Australia, Victoria

Oncopera intricata (corbie) - Tasmania

Larva recorded on Fragaria as well as grasses

Oncopera intricoides

Oncopera mitocera (flatheaded pasture webworm) - Queensland

Food plants include Digitaria, Panicum and Setaria

Oncopera parva

Oncopera rufobrunnea (winter corbie) - New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania

Oncopera tindalei (Tindale's grassgrub) - New South Wales (named after Norman Barnett Tindale)

References

Oncopera Wikipedia

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