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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Cutworm or Dart Moths (Noctuinae) » Eriopygini » Protorthodes » Protorthodes curtica - Hodges#10546 (Protorthodes curtica)

Species Protorthodes curtica - Hodges#10546

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

possible Protorthodes curtica - Protorthodes curtica

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Noctuoidea (Owlet Moths and kin)

Family Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)

Subfamily Noctuinae (Cutworm or Dart Moths)

Tribe Eriopygini

Genus Protorthodes

Species curtica (Protorthodes curtica - Hodges#10546)

Hodges Number

10546

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Protorthodes curtica (Smith, 1890)

Taeniocampa curtica Smith, 1890

Taeniocampa bostura Smith, 1908

Size

Forewing length 12-16 mm. (1)

Larva matures to about 24 mm. (2)

Identification

Adult - see Lafontaine, Walsh & Ferris (2014) below. (1)

Larva - see Crumb (1956) below. (2)

Range

Southern British Columbia to southern California, the Rocky Mountains of Idaho and Montana, and the Ruby Mountains of Nevada. (1)

Habitat

Dry forests. (1)

Season

Adults fly late June until mid-October. (1)

Food

Crumb (1956) reported the larval hosts as strawberry, mullein, Balsamorhiza spp., rabbit brush and other herbs. (2)

See Also

Protorthodes incincta - ranges generally east of P. curtica. See Lafontaine, Walsh & Ferris (2014) where they overlap. (1)

Print References

Crumb, S.E., 1956. The Larvae of the Phalaenidae [Noctuidae]. U.S. Department of Agriculture Technical Bulletin 1135: 126 (2)

Lafontaine, J.D, J.B. Walsh & C.D. Ferris 2014. A revision of the genus Protorthodes McDunnough with descriptions of a new genus and four new species (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Noctuinae, Eriopygini). ZooKeys 421: 139-179 (multiple formats) (1)

Smith, J.B. 1890. New species of Taeniocampa. Entomologica Americana 6(7): 122

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

Pacific Northwest Moths

Works Cited

1.	A revision of the genus Protorthodes McDunnough with descriptions of a new genus and four new species Lafontaine, J.D, J.B. Walsh & C.D. Ferris. 2014. ZooKeys 421: 139-179.

2.	The Larvae of the Phalaenidae [Noctuidae] Samuel Ebb Crumb. 1956. U.S. Department of Agriculture Technical Bulletin 1135: 1-356.

Contributed by John Davis on 6 September, 2007 - 5:43pm
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 24 May, 2015 - 3:29pm

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