Ectopatria virginea

Ectopatria virginea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Ectopatria
Species: E. virginea
Binomial name
Ectopatria virginea
Lower, 1905

Ectopatria virginea is a moth of the Noctuidae family. 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]

References

  1. ↑ Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia, December, 1905
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