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Noctuidae
Hadeninae

Trichestra mixta SCHAUS, 1911

Costa Rica
Type locality: Poas
Seitz: T. mixta Schs. has lilac grey forewings with a brown tint; the anterior dark brown transverse line filled up with a greyish white, before which at the proximal margin there is a dark brown spot, is below the cell twice distally angled; the ring-macula is a pink dot bordered with white; in the cell-end a dark brown shade, behind it a white line, then a pink line, behind the cell a dark brown, white-edged spot; the fine posterior transverse line is black, proximally accompanied by a white line, distally by a pink shade, the costal margin behind it is pink mixed with lilac and spotted white. Hindwing greyish-brown, towards the base whitish with a dark discal spot. Expanse of wings: 23 mm. Costa Rica (Poas).
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