Psammopolia insolens

Psammopolia insolens is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It occurs on Pacific Coast sand beaches in central California from Carmel to Bodega Bay, Sonoma County. Most specimens are from near San Francisco.[1]

Psammopolia insolens
Male
Female
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Hexapoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Noctuidae
Genus:
Psammopolia
Species:
P. insolens
Binomial name
Psammopolia insolens
(Grote, 1874)
Synonyms
  • Dianthoecia insolens Grote, 1874a
  • Mamestra insolens Smith, 1893a
  • Lasionycta insolens McDunnough, 1938
  • Taeniocampa earina Morrison, 1874
  • Mamestra earina Smith, 1893a
  • Lasionycta earina McDunnough, 1938

Adults are on wing in May and from mid-September through October.

References
  1. Crabo, Lars G.; Lafontaine, J. Donald (2009-12-18). 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. PenSoft Publishers LTD. pp. 97–100. ISBN 978-954-642-523-2.


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