Horseshoe Noctuid at O'Connor, ACT
Identification history
| Proteuxoa tibiata | 28 Oct 2020 | donhe | ||
| Proteuxoa tibiata | 28 Oct 2020 | ibaird |
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Attracted to UV Lepiled light at night.
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ibaird
wrote:
28 Oct 2020
Brown female showing the characteristic 'horseshoe -shaped' reniform mark distinct from the similarly brown P. hypochalchis female with its narrower angular reniform mark bordered by a pale strip. See page 3./4 for P. hypochalchis on the supporting disc (Moths of Victoria, part 9) which provides guidelines for separatijg these two species (P. hypochalchis and P. tibiata).
Location information
- Coordinates 149.113307-35.259635
- Altitude 618.6m
- Places O'Connor, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 29 Mar 2020 10:38 PM Recorded on
- ibaird Recorded by
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Collections
Insects Noctuoid moths (except Arctiinae) Moths (Lepidoptera) ibaird Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
- Female Gender
Species information
- Proteuxoa tibiata Scientific name
- Horseshoe Noctuid Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 831.5m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
- External link More information
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Synonyms
Orthosia subnigra
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- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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