Blotched Noctuid Profile | Red Spotted Noctuid Moth Dorsal | |||||
Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta) | ||||
Order: | Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera) | ||||
Family: | Owlet moth (:Noctuoidea Noctuidae Acronictinae) iNaturalist Observation | ||||
Species: | Blotched Noctuid (Proteuxoa passalota) | ||||
This Photo: | 🔍Ventral🔎 | ||||
Thank you Prof Victor W Fazio III for confirming the id of this species for us General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere 1st Live Photo on-line: ~11mm long, ~26mm wingspan We'd never have thought this was a Proteuxoa, generally they have some sort of moon shaped, crescent, mark on their wing. We have photographed one that doesn't have any mark though. So only reasonable that there's one with a large one. What attracted us to it was the gold sheen coming from the row on the back of the forewings. Not obvious here, just looking a yellowy brown. | |||||
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