Elhamma australasiae
A Swift or Ghost moth (Hepialidae) at Jerrabomberra, NSW
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| Elhamma australasiae | donhe | 25 Feb 2025 | |
| Elhamma australasiae | ibaird | 25 Feb 2025 |
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8 comments
28 Jan 2025
@donhe Would these eggs be reasonably easy to raise - there are a lot of them!
28 Jan 2025
I believe that the first instars burrow into the ground (of a lawn) and eat grass roots. Mine never got beyond looking for dirt to burrow into. I should have followed it up : given them a bit of lawn, and tried to dig out later instars. Be really good if you could do that and get photos of later instars.
28 Jan 2025
Meanwhile I popped a copy of your white-eggs photo into
http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/hepi/australasiae.html .
Hope you like it there?
http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/hepi/australasiae.html .
Hope you like it there?
25 Feb 2025
Attention other moth moderators: Re-classifying this species into a single category:
'Elhamma australie A Swift or Ghost moth (Hepialidae)'.
'Elhamma australie A Swift or Ghost moth (Hepialidae)'.
Location information
- Places Jerrabomberra, NSW
Sighting information
- 3 Abundance
- DianneClarke Recorded by
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
- Egg laying Breeding behaviour
- Alive / healthy Animal health
Collections
- DianneClarke NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Elhamma australasiae Swift and Ghost moths (Hepialidae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects
Species information
- Elhamma australasiae Scientific name
- A Swift or Ghost moth (Hepialidae) Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1117.9m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
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Synonyms
Porina banghaasii Porina banghaasi
Record quality
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