Bryolymnia ensina

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Bryolymnia ensina
Female
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Bryolymnia
Species:
B. ensina
Binomial name
Bryolymnia ensina
(Barnes, 1907)
Synonyms
  • Oligia ensina Barnes, 1907
  • Elaphria ensina (Barnes, 1907)
  • Calymniodes obliquirena Hampson 1918

Bryolymnia ensina is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by William Barnes in 1907. It occurs in coniferous forests from south-eastern Arizona (Huachuca Mountains) and south-western New Mexico (Pinos Altos Mountains) southward in the Sierra Madre Occidental to the state of Durango in Mexico.

The length of the forewings is 12–14 mm and the wingspan is 25–30 mm. Adults are on wing from mid-June to mid-July.

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.
  • "932243.00 – 9683 – Bryolymnia ensina – (Barnes, 1907)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved June 17, 2019.