Black Crescent Owlet Moth Female, ventral | Black Spotted Owlet Moth Profile | |||||
Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta) | ||||
Order: | Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera) | ||||
Family: | Owlet moth (:Noctuoidea Noctuidae Acronictinae) iNaturalist Observation | ||||
Species: | Black Spotted Owlet Moth (Thoracolopha spilocrossa) | ||||
This Photo: | Dorsal | ||||
Synonym: | Proteuxoa spilocrossa | ||||
Thank you Axel Kallies for identifying and Marilyn Hewish for helping with the id of this species for us General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere 1st Live Photo on-line: 1st Record in SA on Atlas: We thought this was Proteuxoa flexirena, but Marilyn thought Thoracolopha verecunda. Then Axel finally found the correct name | |||||
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