Elhamma australasiae
Elhamma australasiae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Hepialidae |
Genus: | Elhamma |
Species: | E. australasiae |
Binomial name | |
Elhamma australasiae (Walker, 1856) | |
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Elhamma australasiae is a moth of the Hepialidae family. 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
- ↑ Ghost-moths of the world: a global inventory and bibliography of the Exoporia (Mnesarchaeoidea and Hepialoidea) (Lepidoptera)
- ↑ Don Herbison-Evans & Stella Crossley (August 23, 2004). "Doratifera quadriguttata". uts.edu.au. Retrieved 2009-02-02.