Samiksha Jaiswal (Editor)

Lasionycta staudingeri

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Kingdom
  
Animalia

Subphylum
  
Hexapoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Scientific name
  
Lasionycta staudingeri

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Noctuidae

Rank
  
Subspecies

Lasionycta staudingeri

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
    (Text) CC BY-SA