Australian Capital Territory
Canberra & Southern Tablelands
New South Wales
Canberra & Southern Tablelands
A very common moth in Canberra suburbs, and occurs widely in eastern Australia, from northern Queensland to Tasmania. It comes readily to light, and flies from late January through to peaking in February and March (iNaturalist). It is much smaller than the other local hepialids, and the males and females are very different to each other, with the females much larger. The biology is unrecorded, but Ted found a pupal shell, probably belonging to this species, protruding from a garden tussock of Lomandra glauca which was dying off in the centre, presumably caused by damage caused by larval feeding. They may feed underground on a range of grasses and sedges. See 'Moths in the ACT', G. Cocking, S. Bond and Ted Edwards. Canberra, ACT, 2022, page 38.
Elhamma australasiae is listed in the following regions:
Canberra & Southern Tablelands | Southern Highlands | Albury, Wodonga | South Coast | Greater Sydney | Hunter Region | New England | Greater Melbourne | Barwon South West | Greater Brisbane
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Synonyms
Porina banghaasii Porina banghaasiMaps
ANBG Black Mountain Boro Cantor Crescent Woodland, Higgins City Renewal Authority Area Cooleman Ridge Cotter Reserve Dickson Wetland Corridor Fowles St. Woodland, Weston Genoplesium plumosum target area Genoplesium vernale target area Gibraltar Pines Glebe Park Goulburn Mulwaree Council Katarina's garden Kosciuszko National Park Lake Burley Griffin West Lawson North Grasslands Lions Youth Haven - Westwood Farm A.C.T. Lower Cotter Catchment MichaelBedingfied's Home Garden Mongarlowe River Mount Majura Mount Painter Rugosa Sth Tablelands Ecosystem Park Sullivans Creek, Lyneham South The Pinnacle Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve University of CanberraPlaces
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