Biology:Lasionycta quadrilunata

Short description: Species of moth

Lasionycta quadrilunata
Lasionycta quadrilunata yukona
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Lasionycta
Species:	L. quadrilunata
Binomial name
Lasionycta quadrilunata (Grote, 1874)
Synonyms
Lafontaine et al. 1986 Grote, 1874b Lafontaine, 1986 Lasiestra quadrilunata Anarta quadrilunata McDunnough 1938 Lasionycta quadrilunata Lasionycta quadrilunata yukona

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

• Lasionycta quadrilunata quadrilunata (mountains of Colorado)
• Lasionycta quadrilunata yukona (Alaska Range, southwestern Yukon, the Alberta Rocky Mountains, and the Beartooth Plateau in Montana)

External links

• 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

Wikidata ☰ Q6493461 entry