Bryolymnia mixta

Bryolymnia mixta
Male
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Tribe: Elaphriini
Genus: Bryolymnia
Species: B. mixta
Binomial name
Bryolymnia mixta
Lafontaine & Walsh, 2010

Bryolymnia mixta is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is known only from the Patagonia Mountains in south-eastern Arizona.

The length of the forewings is about 12 mm. Adults were collected in late June and mid-July.

Etymology

The name mixta is from the Latin mixtus, meaning mixed or mingled and refers to the blotchy confused appearance of the forewing maculation.

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