Oncopera mitocera Turner, 1911
HEPIALIDAE

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

(updated 3 April 2006)

These caterpillars are a pest on pastures, as their foodplants include :

  • Greenleaf Desmodium ( Desmodium intortum, FABACEAE ),
  • kikuyu ( Pennisetum clandestinum, POACEAE ), and
  • Golden Timothy ( Setaria anceps, POACEAE ).

    The adult moths have wings with little discernable pattern. They have a wingspan of about 3 cms. The species is found in Queensland. Various subspecies were proposed by Aurivillus in 1920, including :

  • lineata,
  • suffusa, and
  • vittata.

    Further reading :

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

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