Elhamma australasiae
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Elhamma australasiae (Walker, 1856)
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Elhamma australasiae is a moth of the family Hepialidae. It is found along the eastern seaboard of Australia[1] and New Guinea.
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The wingspan is about 40 mm for males and 40–60 mm for females.
The larvae feed on Poaceae species.[2]
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.
- ^ 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.