Hypotrix naglei

Hypotrix naglei
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Hypotrix
Species: H. naglei
Binomial name
Hypotrix naglei
Lafontaine, Ferris & Walsh, 2010

Hypotrix naglei is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is known from east-central Arizona (White Mountains), south-eastern Arizona (Pinaleno, and Santa Catalina Mountains), south-central New Mexico (Capitan and Sacramento Mountains) and south-western New Mexico (Mimbres Mountains).

The habitat consists of open meadows in forests of aspen and pine.

The length of the forewings is 11-12 mm. Adults are on wing from mid-June to mid-July.

Etymology

It is named after Ray Nagle, a Lepidopterist who had opened his home in the Santa Catalina Mountains for Lepidoptera research and where some of the type series was collected.

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