Ectopatria aspera

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Ectopatria aspera
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Female
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Male
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Ectopatria
Species:
E. aspera
Binomial name
Ectopatria aspera
(Walker, 1857)
Synonyms
  • Hadena asperaWalker, 1857
  • Xylina providaWalker, 1858
  • Xylina canescensWalker, 1865
  • Xylina saxatilisWalker, 1869

Ectopatria aspera is a moth of the family Noctuidae. [1] It is found in New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia and New Zealand. It is considered a migratory species. [2] The holotype specimen of the now synonymised Xylina saxatilis is held at Museums Victoria. [3]

The wingspan is 36–38 mm.

The forewings and thorax are whitish-grey. The hindwings are white with a broad fuscous area around the apex and termen in males and wholly fuscous in females. Males have a dense truncate tuft of hair on the middle tibia. [4]

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References

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  2. Fox, K.J. (1971). "Migrant Lepidoptera in New Zealand 1970-1971". New Zealand Entomologist. 5 (1): 59–62. CiteSeerX   10.1.1.542.398 . doi:10.1080/00779962.1971.9722959.
  3. Atlas of Living Australia (2023). "Species: Ectopatria aspera". bie.ala.org.au. Retrieved 2024-01-04.
  4. Philpott, Alfred (1928). "Notes and Descriptions of New Zealand Lepidoptera". Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 59: 481–490.PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .