Oncopera brunneata Tindale, 1933
HEPIALIDAE

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

Oncopera brunneata
(Photo: courtesy of Donald Hobern, Canberra)

These caterpillars are thought to feed on dead leaves.

The adult moths have brown forewings with a pattern of pale and dark splotches. The hindwings are plain brown.

The species is found in eastern Australia, including:

  • New South Wales, and
  • Victoria.


    Further reading :

    Ian F.B. Common,
    Moths of Australia, Melbourne University Press, 1990, fig. 18.11, p. 149.


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    (updated 24 May 2010)