Proteuxoa cinereicollis (Guenée, 1852)
White-collared Noctuid
 (one synonym : Caradrina etoniana Lower, 1901)
ACRONICTINAE,   NOCTUIDAE,   NOCTUOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Proteuxoa cinereicollis
(Photo: courtesy of Donald Hobern, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory)

The adult moth of this species has variable brown forewings each with a white mark like a saxophone near the middle. The wingspan is about 4 cms.

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

The species has been found in:

  • Queensland
  • New South Wales,
  • Australian Capital Territory,
  • Victoria,
  • Tasmania,
  • South Australia, and
  • Western Australia.

    Further reading :

    Achille Guenée,
    Noctuidae,
    in Boisduval & Guenée :
    Histoire naturelle des insectes; spécies général des lépidoptères,

    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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    (updated 3 July 2010, 9 April 2025)