Oncopera
Sign in to saveOncopera 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.
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- 6
- Family
- Hepialidae
- Collections
- TMAG, AM, QVMAG, USNM
- Recorded in
- Australia
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- Hepialidae
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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.
==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)
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