Lasionycta

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Lasionycta
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Tribe: Eriopygini
Genus: Lasionycta
Aurivillius, 1892

Lasionycta is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae.

Species

Lasionycta arietis, Lasionycta insolens, Lasionycta ochracea, Lasionycta sala, Lasionycta wyatti have been transferred to the genus Psammopolia . [1]

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References

  1. Donald Lafontaine; Lars Crabo (18 December 2009). "A Revision of Lasionycta Aurivillius (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) for North America and notes on Eurasian species, with descriptions of 17 new species, 6 new subspecies, a new genus, and two new species of Tricholita Grote". ZooKeys . 30 (30): 1–156. doi: 10.3897/ZOOKEYS.30.308 . ISSN   1313-2989. Wikidata   Q21090342.