Hypocoena inquinata, the sordid wainscot or tufted sedge moth,[1] is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Achille Guenée in 1852. It is found across Canada from Newfoundland to British Columbia, south in the east to Connecticut and Ohio and in the west to Colorado.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Hypocoena |
| Species: | H. inquinata
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| Binomial name | |
| Hypocoena inquinata (Guenée, 1852)
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The wingspan is 20–28 mm. Adults are on wing from July to August. There is one generation per year.
The larvae feed on sedges.
References
edit- ^ Poole, R. W. (1989). Lepidopterorum Catalogus (New Series). Vol. Fascicle 118, Noctuidae. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-916846-45-9.
External links
edit- Anweiler, G. G. (2007). "Species Details Hypocoena inquinata". University of Alberta Museums. E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum. Retrieved November 10, 2020.
- Moths of Maryland
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