Black Striped Grey Moth
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Ellura
Black Striped Grey Moth
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Black Striped Grey Moth (Ectopatria paurogramma)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
Order: Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera)
Family: Owlet moth (:Noctuoidea Noctuidae Noctuinae)     iNaturalist Observation
Species: Black Striped Grey Moth (Ectopatria paurogramma)
This Photo:     Hindwing Trailing Shape

Thank you Prof Victor W Fazio III† for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
Length ~24mm, wingspan ~30mm. It seems male & females have filiform antennae, but find anywhere that states this.
Very silvery grey moth with black longitudinal lines.
The cost has 2 dark patches which seem more consistent (in other photo's) than the black lines.
Each wing has an almost imperceptible trailing dark band.
The trailing hindwing has a wavy edge.
Not commonly seen nor collected, but found around the country (including Tasmania). University specimens have been found between Nov to May.

Copyright © 2020-2024 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 22-Jan-2020
This species is an Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.