Chytonix sensilis

Chytonix sensilis, the barrens chytonix, is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae found in North America. It ranges from Quebec to Florida, and from Michigan to Texas. It was first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1881 and is now listed as endangered in the US state of Connecticut.[1]

Chytonix sensilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Noctuidae
Genus:
Chytonix
Species:
C. sensilis
Binomial name
Chytonix sensilis
Grote, 1881
Synonyms
  • Chytonix submediana Strand, 1916
  • Chytonix macdonaldi Benjamin, 1922

The wingspan is 26–31 mm. Adults are on wing in late summer.[2]

The larvae graze fungi off leaf litter, mostly off dead wood.[3]

References
  1. "Connecticut's Endangered, Threatened and Special Concern Species 2015". State of Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Bureau of Natural Resources. Retrieved November 14, 2017.
  2. "Species Chytonix sensilis - Hodges#9557". Bug Guide. Retrieved November 14, 2017.
  3. http://www.acris.nynhp.org/report.php?id=8125


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