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Hypenodes fractilinea

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Hypenodes fractilinea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Hypenodes
Species:
H. fractilinea
Binomial name
Hypenodes fractilinea
(J. B. Smith, 1908)[1]
Synonyms
  • Thalpochares fractilinea Smith, 1908

The Broken-line Hypenodes (Hypenodes fractilinea) is a species of moth in the Erebidae family. It was described by J. B. Smith in 1908. It is found from Nova Scotia south to North Carolina, west across Canada to Alberta. The habitat consists of mixed wood and deciduous woodland.

The wingspan is 11–14 mm. Adults are light grey or dirty white with variable darker grey markings. They are on wing from late June to mid August.[2]

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