Undescribed Owlet Moth
S2, Female, hindwings
Ellura
Undescribed Owlet Moth
S3, Female, ventral
 
                      
Undescribed Owlet Moth (Proteuxoa sp ES04)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
Order: Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera)
Family: Owlet moth (:Noctuoidea Noctuidae Acronictinae)     iNaturalist Observation
Species: Undescribed Owlet Moth (Proteuxoa sp ES04)
This Photo:     S3, Female, profile
Synonym: Thoracolopha

Thank you Marilyn Hewish for identifying this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
Head & body length ~10mm, wingspan ~22mm.
We thought this was Agrotis porphyricollis, but Marilyn kindly advised us of the correct id.
While Thoracolopha is the currently accepted name (as of late 2017), we use the names on the ALA which lists these under Proteuxoa.

Copyright © 2018-2024 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 03-Apr-2018
This species is an Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.