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Protorthodes argentoppida

Protorthodes argentoppida is a moth in the family Noctuidae first described by James Halliday McDunnough in 1943. It has a limited range within North America, occurring in xeric forested areas of various mountain ranges in New Mexico and in the White Mountains in east-central Arizona.

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Protorthodes argentoppida
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Protorthodes
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P. argentoppida
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Protorthodes argentoppida

Protorthodes argentoppida is a moth in the family Noctuidae first described by James Halliday McDunnough in 1943. It has a limited range within North America, occurring in xeric forested areas of various mountain ranges in New Mexico and in the White Mountains in east-central Arizona.

The length of the forewings is 13–16 mm. The ground of the forewings is silvery gray with a prominent black basal dash. The hindwings are white, with a pale smoky tint in females. Adults are on wing from mid-May to early July.1

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  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 This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 3.0 license.