Hypotrix optima is a moth of the family Noctuidae found in south-eastern Arizona and central New Mexico southward to Mexico City.
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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: | Hypotrix |
| Species: | H. optima
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| Hypotrix optima (Dyar, [1920])
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The length of the forewings is 11–14 mm. Adults are on wing from mid-June to mid-July.
External links
edit- A revision of the genus Hypotrix Guenée in North America with descriptions of four new species and a new genus (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Noctuinae, Eriopygini)
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