Half-moon Noctuid at Googong, NSW
Identification history
| Proteuxoa capularis | 26 Jun 2026 | ibaird | ||
| Proteuxoa capularis | 16 Jun 2026 | WendyEM | ||
| Proteuxoa (genus) | 9 Oct 2025 | WendyEM | ||
| Lepidoptera unclassified IMMATURE | 22 Aug 2020 | GlennCocking | ||
| Lepidoptera unclassified IMMATURE | 22 Aug 2020 | donhe | ||
| Unverified | 22 Aug 2020 | WHall |
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User's notes
Found on a piece of firewood.
3 comments
donhe
wrote:
22 Aug 2020
The absence of obvious hairs, and the back pointing diagonal stripes , suggest Noctuinae, but unless it is taken in captivity to obtain the adult moth, we will probably never be able to determine its species.
WendyEM
wrote:
16 Jun 2026
see various Proteuxoa here
http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/acro/acro-cats.html
Moths of Vic Part 9 - CD Proteuxoa capularis p3/3
http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/acro/acro-cats.html
Moths of Vic Part 9 - CD Proteuxoa capularis p3/3
Location information
- Coordinates 149.196626-35.427522
- Places Googong, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 18 Aug 2020 02:09 PM Recorded on
- WHall Recorded by
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Collections
WHall NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Noctuoid moths (except Arctiinae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects Proteuxoa capularis Noctuoid moths (except Arctiinae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects
Additional information
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Species information
- Proteuxoa capularis Scientific name
- Half-moon Noctuid Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- External link More information
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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