Bryolymnia mixta

Bryolymnia mixta is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Donald Lafontaine and J. Walsh in 2010. It is known only from the Patagonia Mountains in south-eastern Arizona.

Bryolymnia mixta
Male
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Bryolymnia
Species:
B. mixta
Binomial name
Bryolymnia mixta
Lafontaine & Walsh, 2010

The length of the forewings is about 12 mm. Adults were collected in late June and mid-July.

Etymology

The specific name mixta is from the Latin mixtus, meaning mixed or mingled and refers to the blotchy confused appearance of the forewing spots.

  • Lafontaine, Donald; Walsh, J. & Holland, Richard (2010). "A revision of the genus Bryolymnia Hampson in North America with descriptions of three new species (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Noctuinae, Elaphriini)". ZooKeys (39): 187โ€“204. doi:10.3897/zookeys.39.437.
  • "932242.00 โ€“ 9685.2 โ€“ Bryolymnia mixta Lafontaine & Walsh, 2010". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved January 6, 2021.


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