Protorthodes perforata

Protorthodes perforata is a moth in the family Noctuidae first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1883. It is found across the southern United States, from western Texas to southern California and southward to central Mexico.

Protorthodes perforata
Male
Female
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Protorthodes
Species:	P. perforata
Binomial name
Protorthodes perforata (Grote, 1883)
Synonyms
Taeniocampa perforata Grote, 1883 Eriopyga constans Dyar, 1918 Protorthodes constans

The length of the forewings is 12–14 mm. The forewings exhibit a pale, whitish gray to buffy gray coloration, adorned with darker gray reniform and orbicular spots, each distinguished by their outline accentuated by a contrasting 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]