Hypocoena rufostrigata

Hypocoena rufostrigata is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Alpheus Spring Packard in 1867.[1] It is found along the Atlantic coast of North America north to the Northwest Territories and Alaska, south in the west to California and Utah.

Hypocoena rufostrigata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Hypocoena
Species:
H. rufostrigata
Binomial name
Hypocoena rufostrigata
(Packard, 1867)
Synonyms
  • Leucania rufostrigata Packard, 1867
  • Caradrina punctivena Smith, 1894
  • Chortodes rufostrigata
  • Hypocoena (Chortodes) rufostrigata

The wingspan is 26–30 mm. Adults are on wing from June to September. There is one generation per year, although there may be a partial second brood.

References edit

  1. ^ Poole, R. W. (1989). Lepidopterorum Catalogus (New Series). Vol. Fascicle 118, Noctuidae. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-916846-45-9.

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