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Chocolate Ghost Moth

Elhamma australasiae

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Field Notes

Description:

Chocolate moth with tented wings and a light slash on each wing. Pale patch on the back of the wing Feathery antenna and fluffy thorax. Fairly heft build of the front legs

Habitat:

under a Clivea leaf at night by a light in apartment gardens

Notes:

file #flecked wing moth 9993 Identification thanks to Argy Bee

Reference Links:

Elhamma australasiae, Elhamma australasiae

Species ID Suggestions

Elhamma (m)

Elhamma australasiae

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Mark Ridgway
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Comments (5)
StephenSolomons
Came out? It ripped the side off the container, shook a fist at me and left!!!! :-P
HannaCarswell
Those are huge legs! what did it look like when it came out?

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Butterflies & Moths of the World
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Flora & Fauna of New South Wales
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Moths of the World
Photographed
PublishedApril 3, 2013

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