Lasionycta phoca

Lasionycta phoca
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Lasionycta
Species:	L. phoca
Binomial name
	Lasionycta phoca; (Möschler, 1864)
Synonyms
	Dianthoecia phoca Möschler, 1864; Scotogramma phoca Smith, 1893a; Lasiestra phoca Hampson, 1905; Lasionycta phoca Lafontaine et al., 1986; Scotogramma albinuda Smith, 1903; Lasionycta albinuda McDunnough, 1938;

Lasionycta phoca is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It occurs in eastern and central Canada with records from Labrador to the west coast of Hudson Bay.

Adults fly over tundra, are diurnal and nocturnal, and come to light.

Adults are on wing in June and July.

External links

A Revision of Lasionycta Aurivillius (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) for North America and notes on Eurasian species, with descriptions of 17 new species, 6 new subspecies, a new genus, and two new species of Tricholita Grote

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