Black Spotted Owlet Moth: Profile

Black Spotted Owlet Moth (Thoracolopha spilocrossa)

Class:

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

Order:

Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera)

Family:

Owlet moth (:Noctuoidea Noctuidae Acronictinae) iNaturalist Observation

Species:

Black Spotted Owlet Moth (Thoracolopha spilocrossa)

This Photo:

Profile

Synonym:

Proteuxoa spilocrossa

Thank you Axel Kallies for identifying and Marilyn Hewish for helping with the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
1st Live Photo on-line:
1st Record in SA on Atlas:
We thought this was Proteuxoa flexirena, but Marilyn thought Thoracolopha verecunda.
Then Axel finally found the correct name

This species is

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

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