Oncopera fasciculatus

Oncopera fasciculatus, the underground grassgrub, is a moth of the family Hepialidae endemic to South Australia and Victoria.[1][2] The fore wings are brown with a pattern of dark splotches. The hind wings are plain brown.[3] The larvae live in vertical tunnels in the soil. They emerge at night to feed on the leaves of grasses in native and sown pastures.

Oncopera fasciculatus
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukarya
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Hepialidae
Genus:
Oncopera
Species:
O. fasciculatus
Binomial name
Oncopera fasciculatus
(Walker, 1869)
Synonyms
  • Hepialus fasciculatus Walker, 1869
  • Oncopera faciulata d’Abrera, 1974

References
  1. Nielsen, Ebbe S.; Robinson, Gaden S.; Wagner, David L. (2000). "Ghost-moths of the world: a global inventory and bibliography of the Exoporia (Mnesarchaeoidea and Hepialoidea) (Lepidoptera )" (PDF). Journal of Natural History. 34 (6): 823–878. doi:10.1080/002229300299282.
  2. Australian Faunal Directory
  3. Australian Insects


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