Black Striped Grey Moth
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Black Striped Grey Moth
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 | Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta) | ||||||||||||
| Order: | Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera) | |||||||||||||
| Family: | Owlet moth (Noctuoidea:Noctuidae:Noctuinae) iNaturalist Observation | |||||||||||||
| Species: | Black Striped Grey Moth (Ectopatria paurogramma)| This Photo: | Hindwing Trailing Shape | Thank you Prof Victor W Fazio III† for confirming the id of this species for us General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere Length ~24mm, wingspan ~30mm. It seems male & females have filiform antennae, but find anywhere that states this. Very silvery grey moth with black longitudinal lines. The cost has 2 dark patches which seem more consistent (in other photo's) than the black lines. Each wing has an almost imperceptible trailing dark band. The trailing hindwing has a wavy edge. Not commonly seen nor collected, but found around the country (including Tasmania). University specimens have been found between Nov to May.
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