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Genus Lasionycta

Furry, brown moth - Lasionycta 10352 - Lasionycta perplexa Lasionycta uniformis Moth - Dorsal view - Lasionycta fergusoni Lasionycta perplexa - female Lasionycta impingens - Lasionycta Moth at 14,000' elevation dining on polemonium eximium - Lasionycta mono Lasionycta benjamini medaminosa or coloradensis - Lasionycta - male
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Noctuoidea (Owlet Moths and kin)
Family Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)
Subfamily Noctuinae (Cutworm or Dart Moths)
Tribe Eriopygini
Genus Lasionycta
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Lasionycta Aurivillius, 1892
Numbers
Lafontaine & Schmidt (2010) listed 43 species of the genus Lasionycta in America north of Mexico. (1)
Print References
(2)
Works Cited
1.Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico.
Donald J. Lafontaine, B. Christian Schmidt. 2010. ZooKeys 40: 1–239 .
2.A Revision of Lasionycta (Aurivillius) Lepidoptera, Noctuidae for North America and notes on Eurasian species, with ....
Lars G. Crabo, J. Donald Lafontaine. 2009. ZooKeys 30: Special issue.
Contributed by Ethan Kistler on 15 August, 2007 - 5:19pm
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Last updated 11 December, 2013 - 5:35pm

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