Red Blooming Proteuxoa: Male, Wings Spread

Red Blooming Proteuxoa (Proteuxoa florescens)

Class:

Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)

Order:

Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera)

Family:

Owlet moth (:Noctuoidea Noctuidae Acronictinae) iNaturalist Observation

Species:

Red Blooming Proteuxoa (Proteuxoa florescens)

This Photo:

Male, Wings Spread

Thank you Marilyn Hewish for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
The male was ~12mm long & 29mm wingspan. Females were slightly larger at ~13mm long & 30mm wingspan.

This species is

Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.

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