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Elhamma australasiae

Elhamma at Melba, ACT

Elhamma australasiae at Melba, ACT - 4 Feb 2021
Elhamma australasiae at Melba, ACT - 4 Feb 2021
Elhamma australasiae at Melba, ACT - 4 Feb 2021
Elhamma australasiae at Melba, ACT - 4 Feb 2021
Elhamma australasiae at Melba, ACT - 4 Feb 2021
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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.

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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
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  • Synonyms

    Porina banghaasii Porina banghaasi

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