Proteuxoa testaceicollis (Guenée, 1852)
Tawny-collared Novctuid
 (previously known as Agrotis testaceicollis)
ACRONICTINAE,   NOCTUIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Proteuxoa testaceicollis
(Photo: courtesy of Ian McMillan, Imbil, Queensland)

The moths of this species have dark brown forewings, each with a small half-moon-shaped mark near the middle. The hindwings are pale with dark veins. The wingspan is about 4 cms.

Proteuxoa testaceicollis
(Photo: courtesy of the Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

This species occurs in

  • Queensland,
  • New South Wales,
  • Victoria, and
  • Tasmania.

    Proteuxoa testaceicollis
    underside
    (Photo: courtesy of Harold McQueen, Goodna, Queensland)

    Further reading

    Achille Guenée,
    Noctuélites,
    in Boisduval & Guenée:
    Histoire naturelle des insectes; spécies général des lépidoptères,
    Volume 9, Part 5 (1852), p. 273.

    Peter Marriott & Marilyn Hewish,
    Moths of Victoria - Part 9,
    Cutworms and Allies - NOCTUOIDEA (C)    ,
    Entomological Society of Victoria, 2020, pp. 16-17.

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    (written 21 May 2015, updated 22 August 2019, 22 December 2020)