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Proteuxoa tortisigna (♀)

Proteuxoa tortisigna

Description:

A small, attractive moth about 16mm long, mostly dark brown, with a pale buff, straight, thick line on the costal margin, two very white small punctuation marks inside that and a light tan coloured furry collar. This one looks to be female.

Habitat:

This small moth pounced on me in a darker area of the local school grounds at night. Not attracted to lights?

Notes:

Also called the 'Streaked Rictonis Moth' the larvae feed on poaceae.
family :NOCTUIDAE
subfamily: Acronictinae
http://bie.ala.org.au/species/Proteuxoa+...

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Mark Ridgway
Spotted by
Mark Ridgway

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Spotted on Apr 14, 2014
Submitted on Apr 15, 2014

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