Ectopatria horologa (Meyrick, 1897)
(previously known as : Orthosia horologa)
 NOCTUINAE ,   NOCTUIDAE

Don Herbison-Evans ( donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Stella Crossley

Ectopatria horologa
(Photo: courtesy of Donald Hobern, Aranda)

This moth has brown wings with a complex pattern including a kidney-shaped white spot on each forewing. The wingspan is about 3 cms.


female, listed as Prometopus horologa
Illustration number 7, in Plate CXXXI of Hampson's Noctuidae of the British Museum, 1903-1913.
(Courtesy of Joe Kunkel, University of Massachusetts)

The species has been found in:

  • Australian Capital Territory, and
  • South Australia.

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    (updated 22 November 2011)