Lasionycta phoca

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Lasionycta phoca
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Lasionycta
Species:
L. phoca
Binomial name
Lasionycta phoca
(Möschler, 1864)
Synonyms
  • Dianthoecia phocaMöschler, 1864
  • Scotogramma phocaSmith, 1893a
  • Lasiestra phocaHampson, 1905
  • Lasionycta phocaLafontaine et al., 1986
  • Scotogramma albinudaSmith, 1903
  • Lasionycta albinudaMcDunnough, 1938

Lasionycta phoca is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It occurs in eastern and central Canada with records from Labrador to the west coast of Hudson Bay.

Adults fly over tundra, are diurnal and nocturnal, and come to light.

Adults are on wing in June and July.


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