Proteuxoa bistrigula

An Owlet Moth at O'Connor, ACT

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Identification history

Proteuxoa bistrigula	31 Jan 2021	GlennCocking
Proteuxoa restituta	23 Jul 2018	donhe
Proteuxoa (genus)	22 Jul 2018	michaelb
Proteuxoa spodias	1 May 2018	donhe
Proteuxoa (genus)	1 May 2018	GlennCocking
Proteuxoa ebenodes	18 Apr 2018	ibaird

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Attracted to MV light

4 comments

ibaird wrote:

19 Apr 2018

While the holotype of this moth species is from WA, P. Marriot has posted a photo identified as this species which closely matches this specimen recorded at Gisborne Victoria, see https://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:00ce642e-6431-4aab-a5b6-03ee4f6f05a7

GlennCocking wrote:

1 May 2018

The holotype photo and the CNM photo don't look a close enough to make a clear identification. I think Proteuxoa sp is as far as we can go at the moment.

ibaird wrote:

1 May 2018

OK, no worries. I've photographed quite a few specimens of this moth over the last fortnight or so.

ibaird wrote:

2 May 2018

While i can see similarities with images of P. amaurodes, neither the ALA nor Bold Systems 4 recognise P. amaurodes as occurring outside Tasmania, Victoria (mainly southern) plus a few records in south eastern SA. I have no idea what ANIC records there may be for NSW or the ACT, for P. amaurodes but it would seem on the face of it that an ACT record would be an extension of range - although perhaps not unlikely from an ecological perspective.

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