Elhamma australasiae

Elhamma australasiae is a moth of the family Hepialidae. It is found along the eastern seaboard of Australia[1] and New Guinea.

Elhamma australasiae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Hepialidae
Genus:
Elhamma
Species:
E. australasiae
Binomial name
Elhamma australasiae
(Walker, 1856)
Synonyms
  • Hepialus australasiae Walker, 1856
  • Porina banghaasii Pfitzner, 1914
  • Elhamma inconcluso Walker, 1856

The wingspan is about 40 mm for males and 40–60 mm for females.

The larvae feed on Poaceae species.[2]

References
  1. 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.
  2. Don Herbison-Evans & Stella Crossley (August 23, 2004). "Doratifera quadriguttata". uts.edu.au. Archived from the original on September 8, 2008. Retrieved 2009-02-02.


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