Species Lasionycta subalpina - Hodges#10352.2

Classification · Hodges Number · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · See Also · Internet References · Works Cited

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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

Species subalpina (Lasionycta subalpina - Hodges#10352.2)

Hodges Number

10352.2

Size

forewing length: 13-16 mm (1)

Identification

Detailed description found in Crabo & Lafontaine (2009). (1)

Range

southern Idaho and Beartooth Plateau on Montana-Wyoming border to Colorado, central Utah, Sierra Nevada of California (1)

Habitat

subalpine forests and mid-elevation pine forests (1)

Season

mid-July thru August (1)

See Also

Lasionycta perplexella is very similar but is found north and west of the range of subalpina. (1)

Lasionycta perplexa is also very similar and its range overlaps with the range of subalpina, however perplexa typically flies at considerably lower elevations than subalpina. In addition, male perplexa have bipectinate antennae; male subalpina have biserrate antennae. (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (MPG)

Barcode of Life (BOLD)

Works Cited

1.	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 Steve Morris on 5 September, 2023 - 3:31pm
Last updated 28 September, 2023 - 7:58pm

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