Biology:Lasionycta phoca

Short description: Species of moth

Lasionycta phoca
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Lasionycta
Species:	L. phoca
Binomial name
Lasionycta phoca (Möschler, 1864)
Synonyms
Dianthoecia phoca Möschler, 1864 Scotogramma phoca Smith, 1893a Lasiestra phoca Hampson, 1905 Lasionycta phoca Lafontaine et al., 1986 Scotogramma albinuda Smith, 1903 Lasionycta albinuda McDunnough, 1938

Lasionycta phoca is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It occurs in eastern and central Canada with records from Labrador to the west coast of Hudson Bay.

Adults fly over tundra, are diurnal and nocturnal, and come to light.

Adults are on wing in June and July.

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 ☰ Q6493450 entry