Lasionycta silacea

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

Lasionycta silacea is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It occurs from the British Columbia Coast Range and the Washington Cascades to extreme south-western Alberta.

It is found near the treeline and is nocturnal.

The wingspan is 32–37 mm for males and 36–38 mm for females. Adults are on wing from early July through August.


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