Species Oncopera rufobrunnea Tindale, 1933
- Oncopera rufobrunnea 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 [23].
Type data:
Holotype SAMA ♂, Moe, Vic.
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
ACT, NSW, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), 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), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)
Ecological Descriptors
Larva subterranean feeding on roots and bases of plants. Larval foodplant: grasses in native and sown pastures (Martyn, 1960).
General References
Martyn, E.J. 1960. The ecology of Oncopera intricata Walker and Oncopera rufobrunnea Tindale (Lepidoptera: Hepialidae) with notes on the classification of the genus Oncopera in relation to larval taxonomy. Research Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture of Tasmania 3: 1-64 [1]
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 |