Saltbush Cutworm
S3, dorsal
Ellura
Saltbush Cutworm
S6, Female, profile
 
                      
Saltbush Cutworm (Ectopatria horologa)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
Order: Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera)
Family: Owlet moth (:Noctuoidea Noctuidae Noctuinae)     iNaturalist Observation
Species: Saltbush Cutworm (Ectopatria horologa)
This Photo:     S4, dorsal

Thank you Axel Kallies for identifying this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere

Copyright © 2013-2024 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 08-May-2013
This species is an Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.