Half-moon Noctuid at Melba, ACT
Identification history
| Proteuxoa capularis | 20 Sep 2024 | donhe | ||
| Proteuxoa (genus) | 19 Sep 2024 | ibaird | ||
| Proteuxoa capularis | 19 Sep 2024 | ibaird | ||
| Proteuxoa (genus) | 18 Sep 2024 | kasiaaus |
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5 comments
kasiaaus
wrote:
19 Sep 2024
I'm not sure. You can glimpse the underside of Proteuxoa capularis in sightings 4431125 and 4433243 and its body is quite pale. This one has a distinctivelly dark and fluffy body underside.
donhe
wrote:
19 Sep 2024
Felder & Rogenhofer's drawing at
https://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/acro/capularis.html
suggests dark underside to the abdomen. Maybe sex dimorphism?
https://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/acro/capularis.html
suggests dark underside to the abdomen. Maybe sex dimorphism?
Location information
- Coordinates 149.050309-35.208553
- Altitude 2932.1m
- Places Melba, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 18 Sep 2024 07:15 PM Recorded on
- kasiaaus Recorded by
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Insects Moths (Lepidoptera) Noctuoid moths (except Arctiinae) kasiaaus
Additional information
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
- Alive / healthy Animal health
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
- Machine learning
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