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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 antennata - Hodges#10558 (Protorthodes antennata)

Species Protorthodes antennata - Hodges#10558

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

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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

Moth Photographers Group

Barcode of Life (BOLD)

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.

Contributed by Randy Hardy on 12 January, 2019 - 10:38am
Additional contributions by Steve Morris
Last updated 27 January, 2024 - 10:18am

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