Ectopatria aspera

Ectopatria aspera

"Ectopatria aspera" is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia and New Zealand. It is considered a migratory species. The holotype specimen of the now synonymised "Xylina saxatilis" is held at Museums Victoria.
Noctuid moth - Ectopatria aspera Attracted to UV light. Australia,Eamw moth,Ectopatria aspera,Encounter Bay SA,Fall,Geotagged,UVL

Appearance

The wingspan is 36–38 mm.

The forewings and thorax are whitish-grey. The hindwings are white with a broad fuscous area around the apex and termen in males and wholly fuscous in females. Males have a dense truncate tuft of hair on the middle tibia.

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderLepidoptera
FamilyNoctuidae
GenusEctopatria
SpeciesE. aspera
Photographed in
Australia