Oncopera parva Tindale, 1933
 HEPIALIDAE,   HEPIALOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Oncopera parva
(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 pale markings. The hindwings are brown shading to off-white along the costa. The wingspan of the male is about 3 cms. The wingspan of the female is about 3.5 cms.

Oncopera parva
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. 39, fig. 80,
image courtesy of Biodiversity Heritage Library, digitized by South Australian Museum.

The species has been found in :

  • Queensland.

    Oncopera parva
    male, 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. 39, fig. 79,
    image courtesy of Biodiversity Heritage Library, digitized by South Australian Museum.

    Further reading : <

    Thomas J. Simonsen,
    Splendid Ghost Moths and their Allies,
    A Revision of Australian Abantiades, Oncopera, Aenetus, Archaeoaenetus and Zelotypia (Hepialidae),
    Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera Volume 12,
    CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne, 2018.

    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. 36-38, figs. 73-76, and also figs. 79-81.

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    (written 31 December 2016, updated 2 April 2020, 10 April 2021)