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Species Protorthodes antennata - Hodges#10558

Protorthodes antennata
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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 antennata (Protorthodes antennata - Hodges#10558 )
Hodges Number
10558
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Protorthodes antennata (Barnes & McDunnough, 1912)
Eriopyga antennata Barnes & McDunnough, 1912 (1)
Phylogenetic sequence #933115.60
Explanation of Names
Specific epithet for the "very strongly bipectinate" antennae of the males. (1)
Size
Wingspan about 25-28 mm. (1)
Range
Central Arizona to northernmost Mexico. (2)
Type locality: Arizona, Redington.
Food
Unknown. (2)
Print References
Barnes, Wm. & McDunnough, J.H., 1912. New species and genera of North American Lepidoptera. The Canadian Entomologist 44(2): 21. (1)
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: 166. (2)
Internet References
Works Cited
1.New species and genera of North American Lepidoptera
Barnes, Wm. & McDunnough, J.H. 1912. The Canadian Entomologist 44(2).
2.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.