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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 texicana - Hodges#10566.1 (Protorthodes texicana)
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Protorthodes orobia, #10565 - Protorthodes texicana - male
Copyright © 2013 Chuck Sexton

Protorthodes orobia, #10565 - Protorthodes texicana - Male
n.w. Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA
October 19, 2012
Here's a Travis Co. data point for this species; the only one I've photographed. At porchlight in wooded (juniper-oak-elm) suburban area.
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Contributed by Chuck Sexton on 9 January, 2013 - 2:16pm
Last updated 9 December, 2024 - 9:51am

Moved
Moved from Protorthodes orobia.

ID based on locality.
… Steve Nanz, 28 May, 2020 - 8:34am login or register to post comments

Now Protorthodes texicana
Central Texas material in this complex was recently described as a new species by Lafontaine et al. (2014) in their revision of the genus. Needs a new BG page. See:

Lafontaine D, Walsh J, Ferris C (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. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.421.6664
… Chuck Sexton, 29 March, 2016 - 1:26pm login or register to post comments

 
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Disregard
… Steve Nanz, 28 May, 2020 - 8:31am login or register to post comments

Protorthodes orobia - Hodges #10565
Moved from Ogdoconta tacna.
… Maury J. Heiman, 6 February, 2013 - 2:52pm login or register to post comments

 
Wow!
Great catch, Maury! I would have misidentified this critter 10 times out of 9. After studying the two on MPG, I don't feel that I need to offer too strong a mea culpa. Thanks, as always. [Original ID: Ogdoconta tacna; header changed 2/10/13.]
… Chuck Sexton, 10 February, 2013 - 7:07pm login or register to post comments

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