Protogygia pectinata

Protogygia pectinata
Protogygia pectinata (male)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Protogygia
Species:
P. pectinata
Binomial name
Protogygia pectinata
Lafontaine, 2004

Protogygia pectinata is a moth of the family Noctuidae, first described by J. Donald Lafontaine in 2004. It has been collected in Emery and Grand counties in Utah. The name pectinata (from Latin: pectinatus, lit. 'combed') is taken from the male's bipectinate antennae.

References

  1. 1 2 Lafontaine, J. Donald (2004). Hodges, R. W. (ed.). Noctuoidea, Noctuidae (part): Noctuinae, Agrotini (PDF). The Moths of North America. Vol. 27.1. pp. 196–197. ISBN 0-933003-12-9.