Redectis pygmaea

Redectis pygmaea, the pygmy redectis, is a litter moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1878.^[1] It is found in the US from New York to Florida, and west to Texas.

Redectis pygmaea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Genus:	Redectis
Species:	R. pygmaea
Binomial name
Redectis pygmaea (Grote, 1878)
Synonyms
Dercetis pygmaea Grote, 1878

The wingspan is about 14 mm. Adults are on wing from June to September.