Tricholita ferrisi

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 Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
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.


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