Ectopatria aspera is a moth of the family Noctuidae.[1] It is found in New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia and New Zealand. It is considered a migratory species.[2] The holotype specimen of the now synonymised Xylina saxatilis is held at Museums Victoria.[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Ectopatria |
| Species: | E. aspera
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| Ectopatria aspera (Walker, 1857)
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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.[4]
References
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- ^ "Ectopatria aspera (Walker, 1857)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 2017-05-14.
- ^ 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:10.1080/00779962.1971.9722959.59-62&rft.date=1971&rft_id=https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.542.398#id-name=CiteSeerX&rft_id=info:doi/10.1080/00779962.1971.9722959&rft.aulast=Fox&rft.aufirst=K.J.&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Ectopatria aspera" class="Z3988">
- ^ Atlas of Living Australia (2023). "Species: Ectopatria aspera". bie.ala.org.au. Retrieved 2024-01-04.
- ^ Philpott, Alfred (1928). "Notes and Descriptions of New Zealand Lepidoptera". Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 59: 481–490.481-490&rft.date=1928&rft.aulast=Philpott&rft.aufirst=Alfred&rft_id=http://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/volume/rsnz_59/rsnz_59_03_004800.html&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Ectopatria aspera" class="Z3988">
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