Lasionycta quadrilunata

Updated on Dec 24, 2024

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Kingdom Animalia Subphylum Hexapoda Order Lepidoptera Scientific name Lasionycta quadrilunata		Phylum Arthropoda Class Insecta Family Noctuidae Rank Subspecies

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

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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