Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Protorthodes oviduca (Guenée, 1852)
Taeniocampa oviduca Guenée, 1852
Taeniocampa capsella Grote, 1874
Protorthodes lindrothi Krogerus, 1954
Identification
Adult - forewing reddish-brown. AM and PM lines fine, white, edged with black; ST line most conspicuous, yellowish white, nearly straight. Spots black with white outlines; orbicular spot touches AM line; reniform spot oval. Hindwing grayish-brown with discal spot.
(1)
Larva - various shades of gray. The cervical shield is cream white with black lateral and anterior edges, while the anal shield is white laterally edged in black. The spiracles are black and the head is infuscated with black.
(2)
Range
Eastern United States (west to Mississippi) and coast-to-coast across southern Canada; also reported from British Columbia, south to California, Arizona, and Colorado.
(2)Season
Adults fly from May to July and again in September.
(1) (2)Food
Larvae feed on dandelion, plantain, grasses, and other low plants.
(1)Print References
Crumb, S.E., 1956. The Larvae of the Phalaenidae [Noctuidae].
U.S. Department of Agriculture Technical Bulletin 1135: 126
(4)
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)
Guenée, 1852. Histoire naturelle des insectes; spécies général des lépidoptères V. Noctuelites I. p.
357