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Hypotrix optima

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

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Hypotrix optima
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
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])
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The length of the forewings is 11–14 mm. Adults are on wing from mid-June to mid-July.

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