Lasionycta impingens

Lasionycta impingens is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It occurs from southern Yukon to Colorado.

Lasionycta impingens curta

Lasionycta impingens
Lasionycta impingens impingens male
Lasionycta impingens impingens female
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Hexapoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Noctuidae
Genus:
Lasionycta
Species:
L. impingens
Binomial name
Lasionycta impingens
(Walker, 1857)
Synonyms
  • Anarta impingens Walker, 1857
  • Lasiestra impingens McDunnough, 1938
  • Lasionycta impingens Lafontaine et al., 1986
  • Mamestra curta Morrison, 1875a
  • Anarta curta Dyar, 1903
  • Lasiestra impingens curta McDunnough, 1938
  • Orthosia perpura Morrison, 1875b
  • Anarta perpura Dyar, 1903
  • Lasiestra perpura McDunnough, 1938
  • Anarta nivaria Grote, 1876
  • Lasiestra nivaria McDunnough, 1938

It is diurnal. Adults are common in alpine tundra. It feeds on nectar of a Penstemon species on the Beartooth Plateau, Montana, as well as on Mertensia paniculata and a Senecio, likely Senecio lugens at Pink Mountain, British Columbia.

Adults are on wing in July and August.

Subspecies
  • Lasionycta impingens impingens (from southern Yukon southward in the Rocky Mountains to southern British Columbia and Alberta, and in southwestern British Columbia at Pavilion north of Lillooet)
  • Lasionycta impingens curta (in the Rocky Mountains from southern Montana to Colorado)


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