Elhamma at Melba, ACT
Identification history
| Elhamma australasiae | 9 Feb 2021 | donhe | ||
| Elhamma australasiae | 9 Feb 2021 | ibaird | ||
| Unidentified | 8 Feb 2021 | kasiaaus |
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2 comments
kasiaaus
wrote:
9 Feb 2021
Are you sure it's Elhamma australasiae? It looks so different to the other ones. I was hoping it could be Oncopera rufobrunnea or Oxycanus rufescens but they don't really match either.
ibaird
wrote:
9 Feb 2021
Reasonably sure, but I always stand to becorrected! A highly variable species colour-wise, whose distinctive shape, I think, is one of the best guides to identification. First moths appear this time of year from January to March and they can be quite numerous. Its the females which tend to be plain often reddish coloured, but I never fail to be suprised at the different markings and colours I see.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.049617-35.208917
- Altitude 504.4m
- Places Melba, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 - 3 Abundance
- 4 Feb 2021 11:55 PM Recorded on
- kasiaaus Recorded by
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Collections
Insects Swift and Ghost moths (Hepialidae) Moths (Lepidoptera) kasiaaus
Additional information
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
Species information
- Elhamma australasiae Scientific name
- Elhamma Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1117.9m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
- External link More information
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Synonyms
Porina banghaasii Porina banghaasi
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