Oncopera rufobrunnea
Brown Corby at Boro, NSW
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| Oncopera rufobrunnea | ibaird | 3 Mar 2026 | |
| Oncopera rufobrunnea | WendyEM | 25 Feb 2026 | |
| Unverified | Paul4K | 25 Feb 2026 |
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At window LED lights, kept overnight and laid eggs.
5 comments
25 Feb 2026
The hairiness around the head and forelegs suggests Fraus (genus). A Fraus fusca female?
https://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/hepi/fusca.html
https://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/hepi/fusca.html
25 Feb 2026
I immediately thought Fraus but was not happy with any of the sp for matching the wing pattern. The specimens on Don's site do not have white spots like the above moth has. Also Kallies, A. et al in Moths of Victoria Part 6 CD p2/2 for that sp say it used to be found widely in eastern Victoria now mainly in the Alps above 1400m. Also if it is bigger than male Elhamma australasiae it way too big for any of the Fraus sp.
I have been considering Oncopera rufobrunnea
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations?place_id=6744&quality_grade=research&taxon_id=892233
I have been considering Oncopera rufobrunnea
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations?place_id=6744&quality_grade=research&taxon_id=892233
25 Feb 2026
Yes, good suggestion, several O. rufobrunnea specimens a similar dot pattern. The difficulty here is the angle of the shots and the expected underlying mottled pattern is not obvious.
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- 1 Abundance
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- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
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- Paul4K NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Oncopera rufobrunnea Swift and Ghost moths (Hepialidae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects
Species information
- Oncopera rufobrunnea Scientific name
- Brown Corby Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 760.31m Recorded at altitude
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