Anhypotrix tristis is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by William Barnes and James Halliday McDunnough in 1910. It is found from eastern Arizona and northern New Mexico southward in the Sierra Madre Occidental to the state of Durango in Mexico.

Anhypotrix tristis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Anhypotrix
Species:
A. tristis
Binomial name
Anhypotrix tristis
(Barnes & McDunnough, 1910)
Synonyms
  • Polia tristis Barnes & McDunnough, 1910
  • Hypotrix tristis (Barnes & McDunnough, 1910)
  • Trichorthosia tristis (Barnes & McDunnough, 1910)

The length of the forewings is 15–18 mm and the wingspan is about 30 mm. Adults have been collected in conifer forest habitats from early May until early August.

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  • A revision of the genus Hypotrix Guenée in North America with descriptions of four new species and a new genus (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Noctuinae, Eriopygini)
  • "933183.00 – 10617 – Anhypotrix tristis – (Barnes & McDunnough, 1910)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved June 10, 2019.