Lasionycta poca

Lasionycta poca is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by William Barnes and Foster Hendrickson Benjamin in 1923. It is found throughout the Rocky Mountains of Alberta, westward to the Coast Range in western British Columbia and southward in the Cascades to Okanogan County, Washington.

Lasionycta poca
Female
Male
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Noctuidae
Genus:
Lasionycta
Species:
L. poca
Binomial name
Lasionycta poca
(Barnes & Benjamin, 1923)
Synonyms
  • Anarta poca Barnes & Benjamin, 1923
  • Lasiestra leucocycla poca McDunnough, 1938
  • Lasiestra poca Franclemont and Todd, 1983
  • Lasionycta leucocycla poca Lafontaine et al., 1986

It is predominantly alpine and is most common near timberline, but occasional specimens are collected in nearby forest.

The wingspan is about 27 mm. Adults are on wing from mid-June through August.

  • 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
  • "932982.00 – 10348 – Lasionycta poca – (Barnes & Benjamin, 1923)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved June 11, 2019.


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