Undescribed Cutworm: S2, anterior

Undescribed Cutworm (Ectopatria sp ES01)

Class:

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

Order:

Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera)

Family:

Owlet moth (:Noctuoidea Noctuidae Noctuinae) iNaturalist Observation

Species:

Undescribed Cutworm (Ectopatria sp ES01)

This Photo:

S2, anterior

Thank you Axel Kallies for identifying this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
~18mm long, with wingspan ~40mm.
We thought these were Ectopatria horologa; some where but these weren't.
We assume the ventral photo's showing fat & thin bodies is due to different genders
Axel said "Undescribed (according to ANIC)".

This species is

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

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