Hypotrix optima

Hypotrix optima
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Hypotrix
Species:	H. optima
Binomial name
Hypotrix optima (Dyar, [1920])
Synonyms
Scriptania optima Dyar, [1920] Hexorthodes optima (Dyar, [1920])

Hypotrix optima is a moth of the family Noctuidae found in south-eastern Arizona and central New Mexico southward to Mexico City.

The length of the forewings is 11–14 mm. Adults are on wing from mid-June to mid-July.

External links

• A revision of the genus Hypotrix Guenée in North America with descriptions of four new species and a new genus (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Noctuinae, Eriopygini)
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