Proteuxoa (genus)
A Noctuid moth at Garran, ACT
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| Proteuxoa (genus) | donhe | 21 Oct 2021 | |
| Proteuxoa (genus) | ibaird | 19 Oct 2021 | |
| Noctuidae unclassified IMMATURE moth | donhe | 19 Oct 2021 | |
| Unverified | Tapirlord | 19 Oct 2021 |
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User's notes
Have taken the caterpillar into custody, any tips for how I should raise it…..
4 comments
19 Oct 2021
Thanks, don, have added another image, took me a second to work out which end was the head!! :)
19 Oct 2021
Good. With the dorsal chevrons pointing to the rear, it is probably a Proteuxoa species.
Location information
- Places Garran, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- Tapirlord Recorded by
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Collections
- Tapirlord Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Proteuxoa (genus) Noctuoid moths (except Arctiinae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects
Species information
- Proteuxoa (genus) Scientific name
- A Noctuid moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 777m Recorded at altitude
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Record quality
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5 / 7
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- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location