Oncopera alboguttata Tindale, 1933 HEPIALIDAE,   HEPIALOIDEA

Don Herbison-Evans (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley

(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

The adult moths of this species have brown forewings, with variable markings, including dark and pale spots. The hindwings are plain dark brown. The wingspan of the male is about 4 cms. The wingspan of the female is about 5 cms.

female, monochrome grey-scale photo by Norman B. Tindale,
Revision of the Australian Ghost Moths (Lepidoptera Homoneura, Family Hepialidae),
Records of the South Australian Museum, Volume 5 (1933), p. 30, fig. 52,
image courtesy of Biodiversity Heritage Library, digitized by South Australian Museum.

The species has been found in :

New South Wales.

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Further reading :

Norman B. Tindale,
Revision of the Australian ghost moths (Lepidoptera Homoneura, Family Hepialidae). Part II,
Records of the South Australian Museum,
Volume 5 (1933), pp. 30-33, and figs. 48-55.

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(written 31 December 2016, updated 2 February 2020, 12 April 2021)