Hypotrix naglei
| Hypotrix naglei | |
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| 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.
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)
- mothphotographersgroup
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