Undescribed Owlet Moth
S2, Female, dorsal
Ellura
Undescribed Owlet Moth
S4, Female, dorsal
 
                      
Undescribed Owlet Moth (Thoracolopha sp ES04)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
Order: Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera)
Family: Owlet moth (:Noctuoidea Noctuidae Acronictinae)     iNaturalist Observation
Species: Undescribed Owlet Moth (Thoracolopha sp ES04)
This Photo:     S3, Female, dorsal
Synonym: Proteuxoa

Thank you Marilyn Hewish for identifying this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
Head & body length ~10mm, wingspan ~22mm.
We thought this was Agrotis porphyricollis, but Marilyn kindly advised us of the correct id.

Copyright © 2018-2024 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 03-Apr-2018
This species is an Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.