Proteuxoa asbolaea (Turner, 1931)
White-rayed Noctuid
 (formerly known as Caradrina asbolaea)
ACRONICTINAE,   NOCTUIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Proteuxoa asbolaea
(Photo: courtesy of Euan Moore, Douglas, Victoria)

The forewings of the adult moth are dark brown with pale veins. The hindwings are pale brown, darkening at the wing-tips, with dark veins. The wingspan is about 2 cms.

Proteuxoa asbolaea
(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

The species occurs in Australia, including:

  • New South Wales
  • Victoria,
  • South Australia, and
  • Western Australia.

    Further reading :

    Peter Marriott & Marilyn Hewish,
    Moths of Victoria - Part 9,
    Cutworms and Allies - NOCTUOIDEA (C)    ,
    Entomological Society of Victoria, 2020, pp. 22-23.

    A. Jefferis Turner,
    Revision of Australian Lepidoptera, Supplementary,
    Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales,
    Volume 56 (1931), p. 340.

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    (written 28 December 2020, updated 24 January 2023)