Ectopatria aspera | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Noctuidae |
Genus: | Ectopatria |
Species: | E. aspera |
Binomial name | |
Ectopatria aspera (Walker, 1857) |
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Ectopatria aspera is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia and New Zealand. It is considered a migratory species.
The wingspan is 36-38 mm.
The forewings and thorax are whitish-grey. The hindwings are white with a broad fuscous area round the apex and termen in males and wholly fuscous in females. Males have a dense truncate tuft of hair on the middle tibia.