Lasionycta subalpina is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found from southern Idaho and the Beartooth Plateau on the Montana-Wyoming border to Colorado and central Utah as well as in the Sierra Nevada of California.
Lasionycta subalpina | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Noctuidae |
Genus: | Lasionycta |
Species: | L. subalpina
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Binomial name | |
Lasionycta subalpina Crabo & Lafontaine, 2009
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The habitat is subalpine forests and mid-elevation pine forests.
The wingspan is 29–33 mm for males and 30–35 mm for females. Adults are on wing from mid-July through August.
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