Ectopatria virginea
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Ectopatria virginea Lower, 1905
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Ectopatria virginea is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in South Australia.
Original Description[]
Male, 36 mm. Head, palpi, thorax, and abdomen snow-white, legs snow-white. Antennæ ochreous. Forewings elongate, moderate, costa nearly straight, termen oblique, hardly rounded; snow-white, without markings; cilia snow-white. Hindwings snow-white, slightly iridescent; cilia snow-white. A distinct species, well characterised by the wholly white colour; at first sight it is not unlike Caradrina gypsina, Low., but is without markings of any kind. Adelaide, South Australia. One specimen: in October.
— Original description by Lower[1]
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External links[]
- Australian Faunal Directory
- Descriptions of new Australian lepidoptera with synonymic notes.- no. Xxiii[permanent dead link]
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Categories:
- Moths of Australia
- Noctuinae
- Moths described in 1905
- Noctuinae stubs