Species Oncopera alpina Tindale, 1933
- Oncopera alpina Tindale, N.B. 1933. Revision of the Australian ghost moths (Lepidoptera Homoneura, Family Hepialidae). Part II. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 5: 13-43 [27].
Type data:
Holotype AM ♂, Mt Kosciuszko, NSW; this refers to the site of the old Hotel Kosciusko at 5000 ft).
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
ACT, NSW, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)
Ecological Descriptors
Larva subterranean feeding on roots and bases of plants. Larval foodplants: snow grasses Poa spp. (Chadwick, 1966).
General References
Chadwick, C.E. 1966. Investigations on Plutorectis caespitosae Oke (Lep. Psychidae) and Oncopera alpina Tindale (Lep. Hepialidae) in the Australian Alps. Journal of the Entomological Society of Australia (N.S.W.) 3: 5-29 [22]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26-Jun-2017 | 17-Nov-2015 | MOVED | ||
| 26-Jun-2017 | HEPIALIDAE | 29-Sep-2015 | MODIFIED | |
| 08-Mar-2012 | MODIFIED |