Open AccessA NEW SPECIES OF ON COPERA (LEPIDOPTERA: HEPIALIDAE) FROM NEW SOUTH WALES, WITH TAXONOMIC NOTES ON THE GENUS
Author(s) -
Common I. F. B.
Publication year - 1966
Publication title -
australian journal of entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1440-6055
pISSN - 1326-6756
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-6055.1966.tb00672.x
Subject(s) - lepidoptera genitalia , biology , zoology , genus , male genitalia , larva , phallus (fungus) , taxonomy (biology) , ecology
Oncopera tindalei sp. n. (Hepialidae) is described from Guyra, New South Wales, where the larvae damage pastures. Characters of the adult used to distinguish it and other species of Oncopera are discussed and figured, including the genitalia of both sexes.