Bertholdia trigona

Bertholdia trigona, or Grote's bertholdia, is a species of moth in the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1879.^[1] It is prevalent in the southwestern United States.^[1]

Grote's bertholdia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Arctiinae
Genus:	Bertholdia
Species:	B. trigona
Binomial name
Bertholdia trigona (Grote, 1879)
Synonyms
Halysidota trigona Grote, 1879

In studies performed at Wake Forest University, these moths were shown to have developed the ability to disrupt the echolocation of bats. This insect is one of several moths known to jam its predator's echolocation and has the highest recorded click rate of any moth species, a feature hypothesized to increase the effectiveness of jamming.^[2][3][4]