Hypotrix optima is a moth of the family Noctuidae found in south-eastern Arizona and central New Mexico southward to Mexico City.

Hypotrix optima
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Hypotrix
Species:
H. optima
Binomial name
Hypotrix optima
(Dyar, [1920])
Synonyms
  • Scriptania optima Dyar, [1920]
  • Hexorthodes optima (Dyar, [1920])

The length of the forewings is 11–14 mm. Adults are on wing from mid-June to mid-July.

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