Species Hypotrix optima - Hodges#10604

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Hypotrix optima (Dyar, [1920]) (1)

Hexorthodes optima (Dyar, [1920])

Scriptania optima Dyar, [1920] (2)

FWL: 11 to 14 mm (1).

"The mainly orange and gray pattern is dominated by the pale yellow shading around the orbicular spot that forms a flat-bottomed wedge mark between the dark gray reniform and orbicular spots, and the yellow streak at the forewing apex. Dark-gray shading in the basal area, on the reniform and orbicular spots, and in the subterminal area gives the forewing a distinctive blotchy look. The hindwing is translucent white in both sexes" (1).

This species "occurs from southeastern Arizona and central New Mexico southward to Mexico City" (1).

Collecting dates range from mid-June to mid-July (1).

Dyar, H.G. 1919. "New Moths from Mexico". Insecutor Inscitiae Menstruus, 7: 163-164 (2).

Lafontaine, J.D.; Ferris, C.D.; Walsh, J.B. 2010. "A revision of the genus Hypotrix Guenee in North America with descriptions of four new species and a new genus (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Noctuinae, Eriopygini)". ZooKeys, 39: 247, figs. 14, 29, 44 (1).

Species page at Moth Photographers Group (MPG) (3)

Species page at The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (4)