An Owlet Moth at Melba, ACT
Identification history
| Proteuxoa bistrigula | 22 Mar 2021 | GlennCocking | ||
| Proteuxoa (genus) | 22 Mar 2021 | donhe | ||
| Proteuxoa bistrigula | 22 Mar 2021 | ibaird | ||
| Proteuxoa restituta | 22 Mar 2021 | kasiaaus |
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2 comments
kasiaaus
wrote:
22 Mar 2021
I'm surprised about the Proteuxoa bistrigula ID. To me it looks a lot more like the moths we have previously identified as Proteuxoa restituta.
ibaird
wrote:
22 Mar 2021
OK. these are often tricky to distiguish. I thought this one was more brown than grey, but you may be right!
Location information
- Coordinates 149.049958-35.208732
- Altitude 609.1m
- Places Melba, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 - 3 Abundance
- 14 Mar 2021 02:09 AM Recorded on
- kasiaaus Recorded by
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Insects Noctuoid moths (except Arctiinae) Moths (Lepidoptera)
Additional information
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Species information
- Proteuxoa bistrigula Scientific name
- An Owlet Moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 655.8m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
- 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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