Bryolymnia ensina

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.

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

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.

  • 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.


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