| Oncopera tindalei | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hepialidae |
| Genus: | Oncopera |
| Species: | O. tindalei |
| Binomial name | |
| Oncopera tindalei Common, 1966 | |
Oncopera tindalei is a moth of the family Hepialidae. It is found in New South Wales, Australia. It was named after Australian entomologist Norman Tindale.
The larvae are subterranean and probably feed on the roots and bases of grasses in native and sown pastures.
References
- 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. S2CID 86004391.
- Australian Faunal Directory
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Oncopera tindalei | |
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