Proteuxoa nyctereutica (Turner, 1942)
Red-brown Noctuid
(formerly : Diniprora nyctereutica)
ACRONICTINAE,   NOCTUIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Proteuxoa nyctereutica

The forewings of this adult moth are rusty brown, each with some vague dark markings. The hindwings are off-white shading to pale brown at the margins. The wingspan is about 3 cms.

The species occurs in Australia in

  • Queensland,
  • New South Wales,
  • Victoria, 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. 14-15.

    A. Jefferis Turner,
    Fragmenta lepidopterologica,
    Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland,
    Volume 53 (1941), pp. 74-75.


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    (written 11 April 2021)