A Noctuid moth at Higgins, ACT
Identification history
| Proteuxoa (genus) | 22 Aug 2020 | GlennCocking | ||
| Proteuxoa (genus) | 25 May 2020 | donhe | ||
| Unidentified | 23 May 2020 | AlisonMilton |
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5 comments
donhe
wrote:
25 May 2020
None of the 21 specimens of Proteuxoa nycteris on BOLD have the double white 'Lc' shaped mark on the forewing shown by this specimen. BOLD illustrates 105 species of Proteuxoa. The best fit to that double mark that I can see in the 105 BOLD photos is P. confinis, which has been found in NSW.
donhe
wrote:
25 May 2020
4249224 does not have the submarginal arc of black daggers, a white spot pair showing a clear Lc, nor the grey basal fascia, of 4260425.
GlennCocking
wrote:
22 Aug 2020
It might also be P. capularis, the reniform marks are variable in many Proteuxoa species and usually aren't a single diagnostic criterion.
ibaird
wrote:
26 Sep 2020
I think this specimen fits quite well the description of the species complex which Moths of Victoria Part 9 identifies as the ' Proteuxoa sp.(5) group'. The moth called P. confinis on the ALA has a plain brown thorax,
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.029517-35.238219
- Altitude 623.8m
- Places Higgins, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 20 May 2020 08:05 PM Recorded on
- AlisonMilton Recorded by
Additional information
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
Species information
- Proteuxoa (genus) Scientific name
- A Noctuid moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-Invasive
- Up to 777m Recorded at altitude
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