Blunt Noctuid Moth: Ventral

Blunt Noctuid Moth (Proteuxoa chrysospila)

Class:

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

Order:

Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera)

Family:

Owlet moth (:Noctuoidea Noctuidae Acronictinae) iNaturalist Observation

Species:

Blunt Noctuid Moth (Proteuxoa chrysospila)

This Photo:

Ventral

Thank you Axel Kallies for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
The solid rectangular wing mark is a diagnostic feature with these.
We originally thought these were Y-barred Noctuid Moths (Proteuxoa epiplecta), but Moths of Victoria part 9 CD has a page on the P. tortisigna group; which showed the id to be incorrect.

This species is

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

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