Proteuxoa tetronycha

Proteuxoa tetronycha
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Proteuxoa
Species: P. tetronycha
Binomial name
Proteuxoa tetronycha
Hoare, 2017

Proteuxoa tetronycha is a moth of the family Noctuidae.[1] It was described by Robert J. B. Hoare in 2017.[2] It is endemic to New Zealand.[1]

P. tetronycha is very similar in appearance to Proteuxoa comma.[2] P. tetronycha can be distinguished from P. comma by the paler colour of its prothorax as well as the browner base colour of its forwings. P. tetronycha is regarded as being common in the Coromandel Peninsula.[3] It is attracted to light.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Proteuxoa tetronycha Hoare, 2017". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
  2. 1 2 Hoare, R.J.B. (2017). "Noctuinae (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) part 1: Austramathes, Cosmodes, Proteuxoa, Physetica" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 73: 1–130. doi:10.7931/J2/FNZ.73 – via Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd.
  3. 1 2 Steer, Tony. "Lepidoptera of the Coromandel Peninsula". www.naturewatch.org.nz. Naturewatch New Zealand. Retrieved 26 April 2018.


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