Blunt Noctuid Moth
Dorsal, ~11mm
Ellura
Blunt Noctuid Moth
Head
 
                      
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)
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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.

Copyright © 2015-2024 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 01-Apr-2015
This species is an Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.