Lasionycta quadrilunata

Lasionycta quadrilunata is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found from south-central Alaska down the spine of the Rocky Mountains to Colorado.

Lasionycta quadrilunata
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Lasionycta quadrilunata yukona
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Hexapoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Noctuidae
Genus:
Lasionycta
Species:
L. quadrilunata
Binomial name
Lasionycta quadrilunata
(Grote, 1874)
Synonyms
  • Anarta quadrilunata Grote, 1874b
  • Lasiestra quadrilunata McDunnough 1938
  • Lasionycta quadrilunata Lafontaine et al. 1986
  • Lasionycta quadrilunata yukona Lafontaine, 1986

It flies over scree tundra and is diurnal.

Adults are on wing from mid-July to early August.

Subspecies
  • Lasionycta quadrilunata quadrilunata (mountains of Colorado)
  • Lasionycta quadrilunata yukona (Alaska Range, southwestern Yukon, the Alberta Rocky Mountains, and the Beartooth Plateau in Montana)


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