Black Spotted Owlet Moth
Dorsal
Ellura
Black Spotted Owlet Moth
Anterior
 
                      
Black Spotted Owlet Moth (Thoracolopha spilocrossa)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:     Profile
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

Copyright © 2017-2024 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 18-Oct-2017
This species is an Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.