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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 perforata - Hodges#10556 (Protorthodes perforata)

Species Protorthodes perforata - Hodges#10556

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Range · Season · Food · See Also · 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 perforata (Protorthodes perforata - Hodges#10556)

Hodges Number

10556

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Protorthodes perforata (Grote, 1883)

Taeniocampa perforata Grote, 1883

Eriopyga constans Dyar, 1918

Phylogenetic sequence # 933108

Numbers

There are fifteen named species of the genus Protorthodes in America north of Mexico.(1)

Size

Forewing length 12-14 mm. (2)

Range

West Texas to southern California, south into Mexico. (2)

Moth Photographers Group - large map with some collection locations and dates.

Season

Adults fly early April to early July and mid-August to late October. (2)

Food

Larval host is unknown.

See Also

Compare on the pinned plates of Moth Photographers Group.

Print References

Smith, J.B. 1889. Contributions towards a monograph of the Noctuidae of temperate North America - A revision of some Taeniocampid genera. North American Noctuidae. Proceedings of the National Museum. Vo. 12. p. (481).

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). (2)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (3)

Moths of Southeastern Arizona (4)

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (5)

Works Cited

1.	Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico. Donald J. Lafontaine, B. Christian Schmidt. 2010. ZooKeys 40: 1–239 .

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.

3.	North American Moth Photographers Group

4.	Moths of Southeast Arizona

5.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 3 February, 2013 - 3:00pm
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 24 May, 2015 - 3:51pm

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