Tricholita ferrisi
Species of moth
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Tricholita ferrisi is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is only known from Onion Saddle in the Chiricahua Mountains and Ash Canyon in the Huachuca Mountains of extreme south-eastern Arizona at elevations between 1,575 and 2,325 metres. This is the Madrean Sky Islands region of the northern Sierra Madre Occidental's sky islands.
| Tricholita ferrisi | |
|---|---|
| Male | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Tricholita |
| Species: | T. ferrisi |
| Binomial name | |
| Tricholita ferrisi Crabo & Lafontaine, 2009 | |
The wingspan is about 28 millimetres (1.1 in). All known specimens were collected by light trap in late July.