Biology:Lasionycta pulverea

Short description: Species of moth

Lasionycta pulverea
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Lasionycta
Species:	L. pulverea
Binomial name
Lasionycta pulverea Crabo & Lafontaine, 2009

Lasionycta pulverea is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It has a restricted range in the Rocky Mountain foothills of Alberta from Nordegg to Blairmore, with a single specimen from Lethbridge.

It is found in subalpine parkland and is nocturnal.

The wingspan is 29–34 mm for males and 32 mm for females. Adults are on wing in early and mid-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 ☰ Q6493458 entry