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Ectopatria aspera
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Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Ectopatria
Species:	E. aspera
Binomial name
Ectopatria aspera (Walker, 1857)
Synonyms
Hadena aspera Walker, 1857 Xylina provida Walker, 1858 Xylina canescens Walker, 1865 Xylina saxatilis Walker, 1869

Ectopatria aspera is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia and New Zealand. It is considered a migratory species. The holotype specimen of the now synonymised Xylina saxatilis is held at Museums Victoria.

The wingspan is 36–38 mm.

The forewings and thorax are whitish-grey. The hindwings are white with a broad fuscous area around the apex and termen in males and wholly fuscous in females. Males have a dense truncate tuft of hair on the middle tibia.

References

1. "Ectopatria aspera (Walker, 1857)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 2017-05-14.
2. Fox, K.J. (1971). "Migrant Lepidoptera in New Zealand 1970-1971". New Zealand Entomologist. 5 (1): 59–62. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.542.398. doi:10.1080/00779962.1971.9722959.
3. Atlas of Living Australia (2023). "Species: Ectopatria aspera". bie.ala.org.au. Retrieved 2024-01-04.
4. Philpott, Alfred (1928). "Notes and Descriptions of New Zealand Lepidoptera". Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 59: 481–490. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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