Biology:Lasionycta phaea

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Short description: Species of moth

Lasionycta phaea
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Lasionycta
Species:
L. phaea
Binomial name
Lasionycta phaea
(Hampson, 1905)
Synonyms
  • Anarta phaea Hampson, 1905
  • McDunnough 1938 Lasiestra impingens phaea

Lasionycta phaea is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is an arctic species and has been collected from Baffin Island in north-eastern Canada to the central Brooks Range in northern Alaska and southward along the west coast of Hudson Bay to Arviat, Nunavut.

Adults are diurnal and occur on wet tundra. Adults are on wing from late June to mid-July.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q6493449 entry