Tricholita ferrisi is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is only known from Onion Saddle in the Chiricahua Mountains and Ash Canyon in the Huachuca Mountains of extreme south-eastern Arizona at elevations between 1,575 and 2,325 metres. This is the Madrean Sky Islands region of the northern Sierra Madre Occidental's sky islands.
Tricholita ferrisi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Noctuidae |
Genus: | Tricholita |
Species: | T. ferrisi
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Binomial name | |
Tricholita ferrisi Crabo & Lafontaine, 2009
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The wingspan is about 28 millimetres (1.1 in). All known specimens were collected by light trap in late July.
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