Proteuxoa hydraecioides (Guenée, 1852)
(one synonym : Ariathisa hydraecioides)
 AMPHIPYRINAE ,   NOCTUIDAE

Don Herbison-Evans ( donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Stella Crossley

Proteuxoa hydraecioides
(Photo: courtesy of the Macleay Museum, University of Sydney)

This specimen was found on:

  • Nasturtiums ( Tropaeolum majus, BRASSICACEAE ).

    Proteuxoa hydraecioides
    Illustration 4 in Plate CXXXII of Hampson's Noctuidae of the British Museum, 1903-1913.
    (Courtesy of Joe Kunkel, University of Massachusetts)

    Specimens have been taken in

  • Sydney (New South Wales) and in
  • South Australia.

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    (updated 9 August 2011)