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Lasionycta impingens

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Subphylum
  
Hexapoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Scientific name
  
Lasionycta impingens

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Noctuidae

Rank
  
Species

Lasionycta impingens

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

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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