| Alypiodes flavilinguis | |
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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: | Alypiodes |
| Species: | A. flavilinguis |
| Binomial name | |
| Alypiodes flavilinguis (Grote, 1883) | |
Alypiodes flavilinguis is a species of moth in the family Noctuidae, first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1883. Its name has been lifted as a synonymy of Alypiodes bimaculata (Herrich-Schäffer, 1853) in 2021. It can be found in New Mexico, Arizona, and Texas.
Description
Adult A. flavilinguis are around 17 millimetres (0.67 in) in length, and 48 millimetres (1.9 in) in wingspan. Its key feature is the metallic blue patches on its costa. They are an overall black moth with three pale yellow patches on its forewing.
References
- ^ "Alypiodes flavilinguis". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2022-11-16.
- Gruber, John W.; Matson, Tanner A.; Wagner, David L. (8 June 2021). "Alypiodes flavilinguis Grote, 1883 as a Valid Species (Noctuidae, Agaristinae)". The Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society. 75 (2): 81–87. doi:10.18473/lepi.75i2.a1. ISSN 0024-0966.
- ^ Grote, A. R. (1883). "On the moths collected by Prof. Snow in New Mexico". Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science. 8: 46.
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