Nudorthodes texana

Nudorthodes texana is a moth in the family Noctuidae first described by Smith in 1900. It is found in the US from the intermontane region of Washington, Oregon, Nevada and Utah southward to southern California and Arizona and southeastward to the Gulf Coast of Texas. The habitat consists of steppe regions, wet meadows and alfalfa fields.

Nudorthodes texana
Male
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Nudorthodes
Species:	N. texana
Binomial name
Nudorthodes texana (Smith, 1900)
Synonyms
Perigea texana Smith, 1900 Protorthodes texana Perigea consors Smith, 1900

The length of the forewings is 12–14 mm. The forewings are pale buffy brown or gray brown with darker shading around the reniform and orbicular spots and in the outer part of the subterminal area. Adults have been recorded on wing in March and again from mid-August to mid-November in two generations per year.^[1]

The larvae probably feed on various herbaceous plants, possibly including alfalfa.^[2]