Lasionycta phaea is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is an arctic species and has been collected from Baffin Island in north-eastern Canada to the central Brooks Range in northern Alaska and southward along the west coast of Hudson Bay to Arviat, Nunavut.

Lasionycta phaea
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Lasionycta
Species:
L. phaea
Binomial name
Lasionycta phaea
(Hampson, 1905)
Synonyms
  • Anarta phaea Hampson, 1905
  • Lasiestra impingens phaea McDunnough 1938

Adults are diurnal and occur on wet tundra. Adults are on wing from late June to mid-July.

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