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Lasionycta skraelingia

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Noctuidae

Scientific name
  
Lasionycta skraelingia

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Lasionycta

Rank
  
Species

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Similar
  
Lasionycta proxima, Lacanobia contigua, Hadena albimacula, Pachetra sagittigera, Tholera cespitis

Lasionycta skraelingia is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It has a Holarctic distribution, occurring from Scandinavia to north-western North America. In North America this species is known from three specimens from Windy Pass, Ogilvie Mountains, Yukon.

The wingspan is about 31 mm. Adults are on wing from late June to early July. In Eurasia, the species is biennial. This is likely also the case in North America. The Yukon specimens were collected in two odd-numbered years.

In Scandinavia the species is polyphagous when reared and has been fed on Betula nana, Polygonum aviculare and Vaccinium uligonosum.

References

Lasionycta skraelingia Wikipedia