The adult is striking. The forewings are a rich brown colour, with several wavy transverse white lines edged with multiple black chevrons. There are also two black dots ringed with red in the central area of each forewing, and the wings are further decorated with small red flecks and dots. The hindwings are pale brown. The colours fade to plain brown when the moth dies, and museum specimens are a quite dull.

The Caterpillar is brown, black, and cream. Its head and thorax are narrower than the abdomen, and darker in colour. The body is striped, and there is a characteristic white diagonal stripe on each side of the seventh abdominal segment.

At a glance

Habitat Caterpillas are normally found on the soil surface, amongst plant debris and at night feeding on grasses when they are most active. Moths can be found at ground level amounst grasses.
Size The wingspan of the moth is about 40 mm and the cataerpillas grow to a length of about 40 mm
Origin Native
Distribution Across most Australian states including Tasmania and is also found in New Zealand
Descriptions
Distribution
Across most Australian states including Tasmania and is also found in New Zealand
Habitat
Caterpillas are normally found on the soil surface, amongst plant debris and at night feeding on grasses when they are most active. Moths can be found at ground level amounst grasses.
Size
The wingspan of the moth is about 40 mm and the cataerpillas grow to a length of about 40 mm
Common Name Blood-spotted Noctuid
Aliases No Known Aliases
Origin Native
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Classification

Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumArthropoda
SubphylumHexapoda
ClassInsecta
SubclassPterygotes
OrderLepidoptera
SuborderDitrysia
SuperfamilyNoctuoidea
FamilyNoctuidae
SubfamilyAcronictinae
GenusProteuxoa
SpeciesProteuxoa sanguinipuncta
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