Lasionycta quadrilunata

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Lasionycta quadrilunata
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Lasionycta quadrilunata yukona
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Lasionycta
Species:
L. quadrilunata
Binomial name
Lasionycta quadrilunata
(Grote, 1874)
Synonyms
  • Anarta quadrilunataGrote, 1874b
  • Lasiestra quadrilunataMcDunnough 1938
  • Lasionycta quadrilunataLafontaine et al. 1986
  • Lasionycta quadrilunata yukonaLafontaine, 1986

Lasionycta quadrilunata is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found from south-central Alaska down the spine of the Rocky Mountains to Colorado.

It flies over scree tundra and is diurnal.

Adults are on wing from mid-July to early August.

Subspecies


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