Pale Cutworm
Dorsal
Ellura
Pale Cutworm
Ventral
 
                      
Pale Cutworm (Ectopatria cf virginea)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
Order: Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera)
Family: Owlet moth (:Noctuoidea Noctuidae Noctuinae)
Species: Pale Cutworm (Ectopatria cf virginea)
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Thank you Peter Marriott for identifying this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
Peter said it's a tentative id at this stage.
The only specimen we found, in October, was already dead and appears to have been killed by a parasite in it's side (see the ventral view).

Copyright © 2014-2024 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 13-Oct-2014
This species is an Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.