Biology:Lasionycta benjamini

Short description: Species of moth

Lasionycta benjamini
Lasionycta benjamini benjamini
Lasionycta benjamini medaminosa
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Lasionycta
Species:	L. benjamini
Binomial name
Lasionycta benjamini (Hill, 1927)
Synonyms
Lascionycta benjamini Hill, 1927

Lasionycta benjamini is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in the Sierra Nevada of California and in the mountains of Nevada and Colorado.

The habitat is montane conifer forest.

Adults are on wing from late June to mid-August.

Subspecies

• Lasionycta benjamini benjamini (California and Nevada)
• Lasionycta benjamini medaminosa (Colorado)

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 ☰ Q6493376 entry