1 Tawny-coloured Noctuid at Charleys Forest, NSW
Identification history
| Proteuxoa testaceicollis | 7 Apr 2025 | ibaird | ||
| Proteuxoa testaceicollis | 7 Apr 2025 | WendyEM | ||
| Unverified | 7 Apr 2025 | arjay |
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Proteuxoa marginalis?
3 comments
ibaird
wrote:
7 Apr 2025
P. marginalis has a fawn coloured reniform (kidney shaped) mark with a white bar adjacent, P. testaceicollis has mainly a white reniform mark with a tawny bar adjacent; P. marginalis has a large white orbicular mark and another white spot near the forewing base, P. testaceicollis has a smaller white orbicular mark and no additional spot at the forewng base; P. testaceicollis has a uniform brown "collar" - a band of scales across the front of the thorax, P. marginalis has a strongly banded, not uniform collar at the front of the thorax.
arjay
wrote:
7 Apr 2025
I thought they looked different but then you get something like the Elhammas and there is a whole bunch of them that look distinctively different but they are all the same species. Or someone hasn't worked out yet that they are not.
I thought this moth (Proteuxoa testaceicollis) was particularly beautiful.
I thought this moth (Proteuxoa testaceicollis) was particularly beautiful.
ibaird
wrote:
7 Apr 2025
Yes, there is a large degree of variation in some species, whilst very little in others. And sonme families and genera are much better known by scientists than others. There are good notes in the NatureMapr field guide for P. testaceicollis, distingishing it from other similar proteuxoa (genus) species, but those notes don't cover P. marginalis. Notes about identiftying P. marginalis are on a supporting disc to Moths of Victoria (Part 9), available for those who buy thr hard copy volumes of Moths of Victoria, but they are not available online unfortunately. I agree, P. testaceicollis is a stunning looking species.
Location information
- Maps Mongarlowe River
- Places Charleys Forest, NSW
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- arjay Recorded by
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Collections
arjay NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Proteuxoa testaceicollis Noctuoid moths (except Arctiinae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects
Additional information
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
- Alive / healthy Animal health
Species information
- Proteuxoa testaceicollis Scientific name
- Tawny-coloured Noctuid Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 803m Recorded at altitude
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