| Elhamma | |
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| Elhamma australasiae | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hepialidae |
| Genus: | Elhamma Walker, 1856 |
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Elhamma is a genus of moths of the family Hepialidae. There are four described species found in Australia and New Guinea.
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Oxycanus is a genus of moths of the family Hepialidae. There are 71 described species found in Australia and New Guinea.
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Elhamma australasiae is a moth of the family Hepialidae. It is found along the eastern seaboard of Australia and New Guinea.
Abantiades latipennis, known as the Pindi moth, is a species of moth in the family Hepialidae. It may also be referred to as a swift moth or a ghost moth, as this is a common name associated with Hepialidae. Endemic to Australia and identified in 1932, it is most populous in temperate rainforest where eucalypti are prevalent, as the larvae feed primarily on the roots of these trees. Females lay eggs during flight in a scattering fashion. The larvae live for over eighteen months underground, while adult moths survive for approximately one week, as they have no mouthparts with which to feed. The moths are preyed upon by a number of predators, including bats and owls. Brown in colour overall, males are paler and the identifying silver bars of the male's wings are more prominent than those of the female's, with dark margins. Male adults are generally smaller.
Aenetus crameri is a moth of the family Hepialidae. It is known from New Guinea.
Aenetus hampsoni is a moth of the family Hepialidae. It is known from New Guinea.
Aenetus marginatus is a moth of the family Hepialidae. It is known from New Guinea.
Aenetus sordida is a moth of the family Hepialidae. It is known from New Guinea.
Aenetus tegulatus is a moth of the family Hepialidae. It is known from south-eastern Papua New Guinea, the Northern Territory and Queensland.
Aenetus toxopeusi is a moth of the family Hepialidae. It is known from New Guinea.
Elhamma diakonoffi is a species of moth of the family Hepialidae. It is known from New Guinea.
Elhamma roepkei is a species of moth of the family Hepialidae. It is known from New Guinea.
Elhamma toxopeusi is a species of moth of the family Hepialidae. It is known from New Guinea.
Oxycanus atrox is a moth of the family Hepialidae. It is found in New Guinea.