Undescribed Owlet Moth
S3, Female, ventral
Black Crescent Owlet Moth
Male, ventral
| Undescribed Owlet Moth S3, Female, ventral | | Black Crescent Owlet Moth Male, ventral | | ||
 | Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta) | |||
| Order: | Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera) | ||||
| Family: | Owlet moth (:Noctuoidea Noctuidae Acronictinae) iNaturalist Observation | ||||
| Species: | Black Crescent Owlet Moth (Thoracolopha sp ES06) | ||||
| This Photo: | Male, dorsal | ||||
| Synonym: | Proteuxoa | ||||
Thank you Marilyn Hewish for identifying and Axel Kallies for confirming the id of this species for us General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere ~12mm long with winspan of ~28mm. As both genders of Proteuxoa & Thoracolopha have filiform antennae, it makes determining their genders more difficult. The body shapes, shown here, are used to guess the different genders. Marilyn said "This is labelled as an undescribed Proteuxoa species in the Aust. National Insect Collection. My research has found 25 Vic. specimens from the west of the state. It can be distinguished from P. verecunda by the very broad black crescent mark and the lack of wavy cross-lines on the forewing." Axel said "This one really does not seem to have a name (yet)". | |||||
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