Proteuxoa capularis
Half-moon Noctuid at Googong, NSW
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| Proteuxoa capularis | ibaird | 26 Jun 2026 | |
| Proteuxoa capularis | WendyEM | 16 Jun 2026 | |
| Proteuxoa (genus) | WendyEM | 9 Oct 2025 | |
| Lepidoptera unclassified IMMATURE | GlennCocking | 22 Aug 2020 | |
| Lepidoptera unclassified IMMATURE | donhe | 22 Aug 2020 | |
| Unverified | WHall | 22 Aug 2020 |
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User's notes
Found on a piece of firewood.
3 comments
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.
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
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Collections
- WHall NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Proteuxoa capularis Noctuoid moths (except Arctiinae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects
Species information
- Proteuxoa capularis Scientific name
- Half-moon Noctuid Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 2932.1m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
Record quality
Quality score
4 / 7
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- More than one media file
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location