A Swift or Ghost moth (Hepialidae) at Fyshwick, ACT
Identification history
| Elhamma australasiae | 12 Mar 2025 | WendyEM | ||
| Elhamma australasiae | 25 Feb 2025 | ibaird | ||
| Unverified | 5 Feb 2025 | Zeffie |
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User's notes
Having trouble identifying this moth, (some poor photo quality apologies), Small brown antennae, pink underside to I believe the wings unsure on the body hard to get a proper look before it flew off
3 comments
WendyEM
wrote:
5 Feb 2025
male
ID HINT - look at other recent moth observations for similar looking fellas
ID HINT - look at other recent moth observations for similar looking fellas
ibaird
wrote:
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
- Coordinates 149.186553-35.330505
- Places Fyshwick, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 5 Feb 2025 07:43 AM Recorded on
- Zeffie Recorded by
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Collections
Zeffie NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Elhamma australasiae Swift and Ghost moths (Hepialidae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects
Additional information
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
- Male Gender
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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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
- Description
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