Lasionycta brunnea

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Lasionycta brunnea
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Male
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Lasionycta
Species:
L. brunnea
Binomial name
Lasionycta brunnea
Crabo & Lafontaine, 2009

Lasionycta brunnea is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It occurs in the Rocky Mountains of Alberta north to Pink Mountain in north-eastern British Columbia, and in the Purcell and Selkirk Mountains in south-western British Columbia and north-eastern Washington.

It flies in alpine tundra and is most common near timberline.

The wingspan is 30–35 mm for males and 34–36 mm for females. Adults are on wing from mid-July through August.


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