Bryolymnia biformata is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Donald Lafontaine and J. Walsh in 2010. It is known only from the Huachuca, Patagonia, and Santa Rita Mountains in south-eastern Arizona.[1]
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Noctuidae |
Genus: | Bryolymnia |
Species: | B. biformata
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Binomial name | |
Bryolymnia biformata Lafontaine & Walsh, 2010
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The length of the forewings is 11–12 mm. Adults have been collected between mid-June and late July.
Etymology
editThe specific name biformata is from Latin and refers to the two color forms of this species.
References
edit- ^ "932244.00 – 9683.1 – Bryolymnia biformata Lafontaine & Walsh, 2010". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved January 6, 2021.
External links
edit- 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): 187–204. doi:10.3897/zookeys.39.437.