Biology:Lasionycta subfuscula

Short description: Species of moth

Lasionycta subfuscula
Lasionycta subfuscula subfuscula male
Lasionycta subfuscula subfuscula female
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Lasionycta
Species:	L. subfuscula
Binomial name
Lasionycta subfuscula (Grote, 1874)
Synonyms
Smith, 1899 Grote, 1874 McDunnough, 1938 Lasionycta subfuscula Anarta subfuscula McDunnough, 1938 Scotogramma sedilis Lasionycta sedilis

Lasionycta subfuscula is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found from south-western British Columbia and south-western Alberta south to southern Oregon in the west and to southern Colorado and Utah in the Rocky Mountains.

Lasionycta subfuscula livida male

Lasionycta subfuscula livida female

It is found in the transition zone and subalpine forests.

Adults are on wing from mid-June to early September.

Subspecies

• Lasionycta subfuscula subfuscula (from the Wind River Mountains of Wyoming and southeastern Idaho to southern Colorado and Utah)
• Lasionycta subfuscula livida (from southwestern British Columbia and extreme southwestern Alberta to southern Oregon)

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 ☰ Q6493473 entry