Lasionycta staudingeri

Lasionycta staudingeri
Lasionycta staudingeri preblei female
Lasionycta staudingeri preblei male
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Lasionycta
Species:	L. staudingeri
Binomial name
Lasionycta staudingeri (Aurivillius, 1891)
Synonyms
Anarta staudingeriAurivillius, 1891 Lasionycta sajanensisKononenko, 1988 Anarta schoenherriStaudinger, 1861 Lasiestra staudingeriMcDunnough, 1938 Hada staudingeriHartig and Heinicke, 1973 Lasionycta staudingeriLafontaine et al., 1986 Anarta zemblicaHampson, 1905 Anarta prebleiBenjamin, 1933 Lasiestra leucocycla prebleiMcDunnough, 1938 Lasiestra prebleiFranclemont and Todd, 1983 Lasionycta staudingeri prebleiLafontaine et al., 1986 Lasionycta staudingeri sajanensisKononenko, 1986 Lasionycta preblei(Benjamin, 1933)

Lasionycta staudingeri is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It can be found from Oppland to Finland and Norway in Europe, as well as Siberia and North America.

The species is diurnal and flies over dry scree tundra.

The wingspan is 21–27 mm. The moths fly from June to July.

The larvae feed on Taraxacum and Empetrum species.

Subspecies

• Lasionycta staudingeri staudingeri (Eurasia)
• Lasionycta staudingeri preblei (across northern North America from Baffi n Island to western Alaska and southward to 60° North. Its range extends into northeastern Siberia at least as far as the Kolyma River)

References

• Crabo, Lars; Lafontaine, Donald (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): 1–156. Bibcode:2009ZooK...30....1C. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.30.308 .