Armyworm: S2, Hairy Eyes

Class:

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

Order:

Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera)

Family:

Owlet moth (Noctuoidea:Noctuidae:Noctuinae) iNaturalist Observation

Species:

Armyworm (Mythimna convecta)

This Photo:

🔍S2, Hairy Eyes🔎

Synonym:

Pseudaletia convecta

Thank you Leon Crang for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
~22mm long, winspan ~46mm.
We haven't been able to differentiate the genders. These appear to be female based on body shape/roundness.
We've started noticing some moth species with hairy eyes, like here. We've seen this many times before with flies, but not with moths. We'll see if we can get better shots of the hairy eyes in the future.

This species is

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

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