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Protorthodes perforata

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Protorthodes perforata
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Female
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P. perforata
Binomial name
Protorthodes perforata
(Grote, 1883)
Synonyms
  • Taeniocampa perforata Grote, 1883
  • Eriopyga constans Dyar, 1918
  • Protorthodes constans

Protorthodes perforata is a moth in the Noctuidae family. It is found across the southern United States, from western Texas to southern California and southward to central Mexico.

The length of the forewings is 12–14 mm. The forewings are pale whitish grey to buffy grey color with darker grey reniform and orbicular spots, each is outlined by a contrastingly pale line. The hindwings are dirty white with fuscous shading on the margins and veins in both sexes. Adults have been recorded on wing from early April to early July and again from mid-August to late October.[1]

References

  1. ^ Lafontaine, J.D.; Walsh, J.B.; Ferris, C.D. 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