Lasionycta staudingeri

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

Similar Lasionycta leucocycla, Lasionycta skraelingia, Hadula melanopa, Lasionycta proxima, Hadena caesia

Lasionycta staudingeri is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It can be found from Oppland to Finland and Norway in Europe. Outside of Europe, it is found in Russia, Siberia and North America.

The species is diurnal and flies over dry scree tundra.

The wingspan is 21–27 mm. The moths fly from June to July.

The larvae feed on Taraxacum and Empetrum species.

Subspecies

Lasionycta staudingeri staudingeri (Eurasia)

Lasionycta staudingeri preblei (across northern North America from Baffi n Island to western Alaska and southward to 60° North. Its range extends into northeastern Siberia at least as far as the Kolyma River)

References

Lasionycta staudingeri Wikipedia

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