Lasionycta impingens is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It occurs from southern Yukon to Colorado.

Lasionycta impingens
Lasionycta impingens impingens male
Lasionycta impingens impingens female
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Lasionycta
Species:
L. impingens
Binomial name
Lasionycta impingens
(Walker, 1857)
Synonyms
  • Anarta impingens Walker, 1857
  • Lasiestra impingens McDunnough, 1938
  • Lasionycta impingens Lafontaine et al., 1986
  • Mamestra curta Morrison, 1875a
  • Anarta curta Dyar, 1903
  • Lasiestra impingens curta McDunnough, 1938
  • Orthosia perpura Morrison, 1875b
  • Anarta perpura Dyar, 1903
  • Lasiestra perpura McDunnough, 1938
  • Anarta nivaria Grote, 1876
  • Lasiestra nivaria McDunnough, 1938
Lasionycta impingens curta

It is diurnal. Adults are common in alpine tundra. It feeds on nectar of a Penstemon species on the Beartooth Plateau, Montana, as well as on Mertensia paniculata and a Senecio, likely Senecio lugens at Pink Mountain, British Columbia.

Adults are on wing in July and August.

Subspecies

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  • Lasionycta impingens impingens (from southern Yukon southward in the Rocky Mountains to southern British Columbia and Alberta, and in southwestern British Columbia at Pavilion north of Lillooet)
  • Lasionycta impingens curta (in the Rocky Mountains from southern Montana to Colorado)
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