Undescribed Owlet Moth: S2, Female, dorsal

Undescribed Owlet Moth (Thoracolopha sp ES04)

Class:

Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)

Order:

Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera)

Family:

Owlet moth (:Noctuoidea Noctuidae Acronictinae) iNaturalist Observation

Species:

Undescribed Owlet Moth (Thoracolopha sp ES04)

This Photo:

🔍S2, Female, dorsal🔎

Thank you Marilyn Hewish for identifying this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
Head & body length ~10mm, wingspan ~22mm.
We thought this was Agrotis porphyricollis, but Marilyn kindly advised us of the correct id.

This species is

Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.

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