Ectopatria aspera (Walker, 1857)
(previously known as :
Hadena aspera)
NOCTUINAE ,
NOCTUIDAE
Don Herbison-Evans (
donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Stella Crossley
male
Illustration 27,
in
Plate LXXVII of Hampson's
Noctuidae of the British Museum, 1903-1913.
(Courtesy of
Joe Kunkel, University of Massachusetts)
The adult moth has brown forewings each with a complex pattern.
The hindwings of the males are buff coloured,
with dark apices, and the hindwings of the females are brown.
The wingspan is up to 4 cms.
The species is migratory, and occurs in
New Zealand,
and also over most of Australia, including
Western Australia,
South Australia,
Victoria, and
New South Wales.
(updated 13 October 2011)
